Cao Dou Kou
| Cao Dou Kou in TCM:Explore the properties of Cao Dou Kou according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: katsumadai, "Grass Cardamom"
Pharmacuetical Name: Semen Apliniae Katsumadai
Properties: acrid, warm, aromatic
Temperature: warm
Channels: ST, SP
Flavors: aromatic, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, disperses cold, clears damp
Actions / Indications:
- Dries damp, warms and promotes qi movement of the middle jiao
(serious damp-cold of the SP and ST with fullness, distension, pain
of epigastrium and abdomen with vomit and diarrhea; also used for SP
deficiency diarrhea when combined; Cao Dao Kou is the strongest to dry
damp - it dries dampness directly, it does not resolve dampness)
Special Notes:
- (cooking: crush and add at the end)
- Compare to bai dou kou
- Pharmacologically Bai Dou Kou has been shown to have antibiotic properties, and to stimulate digestion in small doses (it inhibits digestion in large doses)
Contraindications:
- (cc: yin or blood deficiency)
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