Shan Zha
| Shan Zha in TCM:Explore the properties of Shan Zha according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: crataegus, hawthorn berry, hawthorn fruit
Pharmacuetical Name: Fructus Crataegi
Properties: sweet, sour, slightly warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: ST, SP, LV
Flavors: sweet, sour
Special Properties: circulates blood, resolves food stagnation
Alternate Forms:
- Sheng- for blood stasis or food stagnation
- Chao Jiao- to stop diarrhea and dysenteric
disorder
Actions / Indications:
- Resolves and Guides out food stagnation; stops diarrhea
(epigastric and abdominal fullness, pain, diarrhea and chronic dysenteric-like
disorders: especially for accumulations of food from eating meat or
greasy foods)
- Invigorates blood; disperse blood stasis (hernia,
menstrual cramps; amenorrhea; post-partum abdominal pain and clumbs
due to blood stasis)
- Treats high cholesterol (modern use for coronary
artery disease, elevated serum cholesterol, hypertension)
- (cc: SP and ST deficiency without food stagnation)
- (cc: stomach acidity)
Special Notes:
- Jiao San Xian has excellent function to relieve food stagnation.
It consists of Shan Zha, Shen Qu, and Mai
Ya - all charred.
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