This product is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Zingiberaceae family, Amomum villosum (Amomum villosum Lour.) or Hainan sand (A. longiligulare T. L.Wu) or shrinking sand (A. xanthioides The dried ripe fruit of Wall.). Yangchun sand is mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi and other places in my country. Hainan sand is mainly produced in Hainan Island and Zhanjiang area of ​​Guangdong. Shrinking sand is produced in Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and other places. The quality of Yangchun sand is the best. They are harvested when the fruits are mature in summer and autumn and dried in the sun or at low temperature. Break into pieces and use raw.

Acrid, warm. act on spleen and stomach channels.

[Efficacy]

resolving dampness and moving qi, warming middle and arresting vomiting, antidiarrheal, calming fetus.

[Indications]

1. Used for spleen-stomach syndrome/pattern due to dampness and spleen-stomach disharmony syndrome/pattern. It is good for resolving dampness to harmonize the middle and moving qi warming the middle, so it is commonly used for spleen and stomach disharmony caused by dampness obstruction or qi stagnation, especially cold-dampness qi stagnation. Often used synonymously with Magnolia Bark, Dried Tangerine Peel, Immature Orange Fruit. If spleen deficiency qi stagnation is present, use Tangshen, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Poria and other drugs, such as Cyperus, Amomum and Six Gentlemen Decoction.
2. For deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach vomiting and diarrhea. It can resolving dampness and moving qi, regulate and stop vomiting, warm the spleen and stop diarrhea. It can be ground into powder and swallowed alone, or combined with Dried Ginger, Aconite Lateral Root, etc. Medicines are used together.
3. For qi stagnation morning sickness and threatened abortion. Stop vomiting with its moving qi and calming fetus. If pregnancy causes vomiting and inability to eat, use this product alone to stir-fry and grind into powder, such as Zhengzhi Zhunsheng Shuishao Powder. If you have a threatened abortion, you can use Ginseng, Astragalus Root, White Atractylodes Rhizome, etc., such as Rock of Mount Tai Fetus-Quieting Powder.

[Documentation]

1. Yaoxing Lun: "It mainly cools abdominal pain due to qi stagnation, stops dysentery and strain, digests water and grains, and warms the spleen and stomach."
2. Kaibao Bencao: "Treatment of consumptive disease: cold dysentery, retained food, dysentery, red and white diarrhea, abdominal pain, lowering qi."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 5~10g. It is advisable to be decorated later.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Yangchun sand contains volatile oil. The main components of the oil are d-camphor, borneol, bornyl acetate, limonene, nerol, etc., and also contains saponins. Shrinking sand contains volatile oil, and the main components of the oil are camphor, a kind of terpene, etc. Villous Amomum Fruit volatile oil has aromatic and stomachic effects, can promote gastric juice secretion, and can eliminate gas accumulation in the digestive tract, so it can move qi and reduce bloating.

Villous Amomum Fruit Shell: It is the shell of Villous Amomum Fruit. The nature, taste and efficacy are similar to those of Villous Amomum Fruit, but slightly less warm in nature and weak in potency. It is suitable for symptoms such as spleen and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension and fullness pain, vomiting and aversion to eating less food. The dosage is the same as Villous Amomum Fruit.