This product is the dried ripe fruit of the Litsea cubeba (Litsea cubeba (Lour.) Pers.), a plant of the Lauraceae family. The fruits are harvested in autumn when they are ripe, impurities are removed, and they are dried in the sun, then stored in a cool and dry place.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Acrid, warm. Act on spleen, stomach, kidney and bladder meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming the middle and dissipating cold, moving qi to relieve pain.

bubble_chart Indications

1. is used for stomach cold, epigastric cold pain, vomiting, hiccup, and its function is similar to long pepper. It can be used alone or in combination with Lesser Galangal Rhizome, Clove, Magnolia Bark, etc.
2. It is used for cold abdominal colic and abdominal pain, often combined with Evodia Fruit, Cyperus, Aucklandia Root, etc.
3. In addition, it is used for dysuria due to deficiency-cold of the lower energizer or turbid urine due to stagnation of cold-dampness, and can be combined with Dioscorea, Poria, Lindera, etc.

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

1. 5～3g.