Gua Lou 100 grams

Gua Lou Granules, 100g Bottle

Brand: TCM Zone Single Herb Granules in Bottles

English name: Trichosanthes Fruit Granules

Chinese name: Gua Lou Granules

Unit Size: 100g Bottle

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Sweet - Bensky

Properties: Cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to deficiency and weakness of the Spleen and Stomach.

Chinese Symptomology: Heat-induced coughs with sputum that is thick and difficult to expectorate; Conditions in which qi accumulates in the chest leading to a stifling or distended sensation, constriction, pain, or pressure in the diaphragm; Abscesses involving the Lungs, Intestines, or breast. - Bensky

Actions: Cools and transforms phlegm-heat, moistens the Intestines, directs turbid phlegm downward. - Bensky

Pattern: Phlegm-heat; heat-induced cough; Qi accumulations in the chest; Abscesses and nodules. - Bensky

Channels Entered: Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach - Bensky

Ingredients

Gua Lou - Trichosanthis Fructus

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica

• Clears heat and transforms phlegm-heat: for heat-induced coughs with sputum that is thick and difficult to expectorate. Can be used as a stand-alone herb, especially in children.
• Unbinds the chest and dissipates nodules: for conditions in which qi accumulates in the chest leading to a stifling or distended sensation, constriction, pain, or pressure in the diaphragm.
• Reduces abscesses and dissipates nodules: primarily for abscesses involving the Lungs, Intestines, or breast.

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