Sha Ren
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Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: amomum, villous amomum fruit
Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Amomi
Properties: acrid, warm, aromatic
Temperature: warm
Channels: ST, SP
Flavors: aromatic, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, clears damp
Actions / Indications:
- Transforms Damp stagnation of middle jiao (distress
of SP and ST due to dampness or stagnant qi, epigastric fullness and
bloating, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea,
poor appetite, also prevents cloying of tonifying herbs)
- Warms Middle Jiao; stops vomit and diarrhea (cold
epigastric pain, vomiting, diarrhea)
- Calms Fetus (bleeding and abdominal pain during pregnancy,
morning sickness, restless fetus)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
- (cooking: crush and add at the end)
Special Notes:
- There are 4 major herbs to treat unstable pregnancy. Sha Ren is best
for qi stagnation in the middle burner, while Du
Zhong calms restless fetus due to KD and LV deficiency. Huang
Qin calms restless fetus caused by heat, while Bai
Zhu treats restless qi due to SP deficiency.
- For severe vomiting in pregnancy add Ban Xia.
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