{"product_id":"gua-lou","title":"Farmhouse whole trichosanthes fruit — clears heat and transforms phlegm, broadens the chest and disperses nodules, moisturizes dryness and lubricates the intestines","description":"\u003cp\u003e【Product】Farm-grown Whole Gualou Fruit (\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003eTrichosanthes Fruit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"Yjhzub\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e【Origin】China\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnhui\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e【Net Weight】4oz-16oz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e【Specification】Cut into strips\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e【Dosage】9-15g\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e【Contraindications】Do not use together with Aconite-family herbs; \u003cspan\u003euse with caution or reduce the dosage in people with spleen and stomach deficiency-cold.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhole Gualou Fruit is the dried, mature fruit of the cucurbitaceous plants Trichosanthes kirilowii or Trichosanthes rosthornii. It is a \u003cspan\u003eherb that clears heat, transforms phlegm, and relieves asthma.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is sweet and cold in nature and enters the Lung, Stomach, and Large Intestine meridians.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt clears heat and transforms phlegm, opens the chest and dissipates clumps, moistens dryness and promotes intestinal movement, and inhibits tumor cell growth. It is suitable for cough caused by lung heat, difficult-to-expectorate sticky phlegm, chest impediment and heart pain, breast abscesses, lung abscesses, intestinal abscesses, and constipation due to intestinal dryness.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTips\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md-mark\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e【Minor Chest Bind Decoction】\u003c\/strong\u003eis a classic formula for treating phlegm and heat binding in the region below the heart (the epigastrium).\u003c\/span\u003eIt is recorded in the Eastern Han dynasty text \u003cem\u003eShanghan Lun\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“In minor chest bind disease, the symptoms are located below the heart; pressing the area causes pain, and the pulse is floating and slippery. Minor Chest Bind Decoction governs this condition.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md-mark\"\u003eCoptis\u003c\/span\u003e 3g, \u003cspan class=\"md-mark\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003ePinellia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e 9g, Whole \u003cspan class=\"md-mark\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003eGualou Fruit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e 30g. Add 1200 mL of water and decoct until 400 mL remains. Strain and take warm in 2–3 divided doses, 30 minutes after meals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eModern Chinese medicine commonly uses \u003cem\u003eMinor Chest Bind Decoction\u003c\/em\u003e to treat \u003cspan\u003eacute and chronic gastritis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003ereflux esophagitis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003echolecystitis, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003ecoronary heart disease\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003eangina pectoris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003eintercostal neuralgia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and other conditions characterized by phlegm-heat patterns. It may also be used for \u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003ebronchitis\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"md_search\"\u003epneumonia and other\u003c\/span\u003e phlegm-heat coughs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"asianstore11","offers":[{"title":"4oz","offer_id":46502092079235,"sku":null,"price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"8oz","offer_id":46502092112003,"sku":null,"price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16oz","offer_id":46502092144771,"sku":null,"price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/2268\/2243\/files\/113c6a949393e724decd3e8462ec3fa3.jpg?v=1770672620","url":"https:\/\/asianstore11.com\/en\/products\/gua-lou","provider":"asianstore11","version":"1.0","type":"link"}