Hou Po (Jiang) 100 grams

Brand: TCM Zone Single Herb Granules in Bottles

English name: Magnolia Bark Processed Granules

Chinese name: Hou Po Jiang Granules

Unit Size: 100g Bottle

Potency: 5:1 extract granules

Taste: Bitter, Acrid

Properties: Warm

Contraindications: Use with caution during pregnancy.

Chinese Symptomology: Chest and/or abdominal distention and fullness;Distention;Fullness;Nausea;Diarrhea;Cough and Wheezing from phlegm clogging the Lungs

Actions: Promotes the movement of qi in the middle burner and resolves stagnation;Promotes the movement of qi downward, dries dampness, and transforms phlegm;Directs qi downward, reduces phlegm, and calms wheezing

Pattern: Qi stagnation affecting the Spleen and Stomach;Food stagnation;Dampness and phlegm obstructing the middle burner affecting the qi dynamic;Cough and wheezing from phlegm clogging the Lungs.

Branch: Large Intestine; Lung; Spleen; Stomach

Ingredients

Hou Po (Jiang) - Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex Praeparata

Excerpted from Benksy: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Promotes the movement of qi in the middle burner and resoves stagnation: for qi stagnation affecting the Spleen and Stomach, and in cases of food stagnation, with such symptoms as chest and/or abdominal distention and fullness. This is an important herb for reducing and eliminating distention and fullness and can be used whenever these symptoms occur due to qi stagnation.
• Promotes the movement of qi downward, dries dampness, and transforms phlegm: for dampness or phlegm obstructing the middle burner affecting the qi dynamic. Symptoms include distention, fullness, nausea, and diarrhea. The tongue coating is usually turbid and greasy.
• Directs qi downward, reduces phlegm, and calms wheezing: for cough and wheezing from phlegm clogging the Lungs.

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