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Villous Amomum Fruit

Villous Amomum Fruit. Class: Dampness Removing Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Spleen; Stomach; Kidney

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Sha Ren
中文名 (Chinese)
砂仁
Latin Name
Fructus Amomi; Amomi Fructus
English Name
Villous Amomum Fruit
Alias Names
缩沙蜜缩砂仁缩砂密
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach; Kidney
Part Used
Ripe fruit or seed
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Dampness Removing Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
化湿药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To eliminate damp and improve appetite, to warm the spleen and check diarrhea, and to prevent abortion.
Indication (主治)
Abdominal pain glomus distention, food stagnation in torpid stomach, dysphagia-occlusion, vomiting, cold dysentery, stirring fetus in pregnancy.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its decoction lower thab 1% concentration stimulates and that higher than 1% or the saturated solution of its volatile oil inhibits the intestines of guinea-pigs in vitro.2. its volatile oil acts as stomachic tonic and exaggerates the diacharge of flat
🔗 External References
SymMap
355
TCMID
3244
TCMSP
355
TCM-ID
1803
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Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42023403863
Pregnancy risks of 30 pregnancy-related Chinese herbs: A systematic review and risk evaluation
📚 Sample References
None linked yet.