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Mongolian Snakegourd Fruit

Mongolian Snakegourd Fruit
Name
Mongolian Snakegourd Fruit
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Trichosanthis Fructus
Chinese Name
瓜蒌
Category
Fruits and seeds

Mongolian Snakegourd FruitMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui.
Macroscopic Features
Fruit is oval, flat elliptical, 11~16mm long, 6~12mm wide, 2~3.5mm thick. Externally pale brown to brown, smooth, with one groove on the edge; apex is pointy, with hilum; base is blunt round or relatively narrow. Seed coat is firm; membranous inner coat can be seen after being cut, grayish-white to grayish-green, with 2 yellowish-white cotyledons, oily. Gua lou zi has a white inner seed coat and a brown outer seed coat and 2 cotyledons.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is full, pale yellowish-white, whole and unbroken, without oil diffused, without shell.
Properties
Sweet, bitter; cold.
Functions
Moistens the lung, transforms phlegm, disperses binds, moistens the intestines. Apply to cough due the heat phlegm, chest impediment, thoracic obstruction, consumptive lung with hemoptysis, diabetes, jaundice, constipation, early welling-abscess swelling.
Origin
The dried mature fruit of Trichosanthes kirilowii Harms (Cuaurbitaceae)

Mongolian Snakegourd FruitHerbs in the formula

Immature Bitter Orange, Chinese Chive and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Immature Bitter Orange, Chinese Chive and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

Action：Unblocks yang and dissipates masses, dispels phlegm and lowers qi.
Indication：Zhi Shi Xie Bai Gui Zhi Tang is indicated for chest bi caused by chest yang weakness, phlegm obstruction, and counterflow qi. The symptoms are fullness and pain in the chest, chest pain radiating to the back, panting, cough, spitting, shortness of breath, hypochondriac qi counterflowing upward to heart and chest. The coating is white and greasy, and the pulse is deep, wiry or tight.
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Coughing with Blood Treating Decoction

Coughing with Blood Treating Decoction

Action：Clears liver heat and calms the lung, cools blood and stanches bleeding.
Indication：Syndrome of hemoptysis due to liver fire invading the lung marked by cough, thick bloodstained sputum, difficulty in spitting, vexation, irascibility, chest pain, dry throat, bitter taste in the mouth, flushed complexion, and constipation. The tongue body is red and the coating is yellow, and the pulse is wiry and rapid.
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Fritillary Bulb and Snakegourd Fruit Powder

Fritillary Bulb and Snakegourd Fruit Powder

Action：Moistens the lung and clears heat, rectifies qi, and dissolves phlegm.
Indication：Bei Mu Gua Lou San is intended for patients with coughing due to dryness-phlegm. The symptoms are cough, phlegm that is difficult to expectorate, and a dry throat. The tongue coating is white and dry.
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Minor Chest-Draining Decoction

Minor Chest-Draining Decoction

Action：Clears heat and dissolves phlegm, loosens the chest, and dissipates masses.
Indication：Xiao Xian Xiong Tang is suitable for pattern of binding phlegm and heat. The symptoms are pi and oppression of the chest and abdomen, painful heart and chest distention, cough with sticky, thick and yellow sputum. The tongue is red with yellow and greasy coating. The pulse is slippery and rapid.
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