Gua Lou (Quan)
Fructus Trichosanthis瓜篓(全)
- Nature
- Cold
- Flavours
- Sweet
- Meridians
- Large Intestine, Lung, Stomach
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Phlegm-Heat-Resolving Medicinals (Qing Hua Re Tan Yao)Phlegm-Transforming, Cough-Stopping and Dyspnea-Calming Medicinals (Hua Tan Zhi Ke Ping Chuan Yao)
- Dosage
- 10–20 g
Actions / Functions
- Clarifies Heat
- Clarifies the Lung
- Moistens the Lung
- Resolves Phlegm (Tan)
- Clarifies and resolves Phlegm-Heat
- Reduces abscesses
- Decongests the chest
- Stops cough
- Moistens the Intestines
- Favors the feces
- Disperses swellings (tumefaction)
- Dissipates lumps
- Mobilizes Qi