Bai Dou Kou
白豆蔻 bái dòu kòu, ""white cardamon""

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Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Amomi Fructus rotundus

	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 3-6g
	Aromatic
	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of Yin and Blood deficiency; Caution in cases w/o Damp-Cold;		Meridians: Lung , Spleen , Stomach
	Preparation: When used in decoction it should be added near the end; generally used in its raw (unprepared) form.		Quality: Large, unfragmented, full fruit with an intense aroma.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky') Omissions from the (Classic of the) Materia Medica		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (6) gān lù xiāo dú dān (Sweet Dew Special Pill to Eliminate Toxin) huáng qín huá shí tāng (Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction) huí chūn dān (Return of Spring Special Pill) huò pò xià líng tāng (Agastache, Magnolia Bark, Pinellia and Poria Decoction) sān rén tāng (Three Nut Decoction) xiāng shā yǎng wèi tāng (Nourish the Stomach Decoction with Aucklandia and )

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Pharmaceutical: Fructus Amomi Kravanh

Botanical: Amomum krervanh Pierre ex Gagnep., Amomum compactum Soland ex Maton

Japanese: byakuzuku

Korean: baekdugu

Common: round cardamon fruit, cardamon cluster

Temperature: Warm

	+1 Robert Newman (Rootdown Editor) Transforms Damp. add comment

	+1 Robert Newman (Rootdown Editor) Strengthens Stomach. add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Damp Warm-Febrile diseases; add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Warms the Middle Jiao and Descends Qi. add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Moves Qi and Transforms Stagnation. add comment

	+1 Christopher Arthur (Rootdown Editor) Chest fullness add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) Lack of appetite, very greasy tongue coating; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 1. With (杏仁, ) Xing Ren, (薏苡仁, ) Yi Yi Ren for headache, stifling sensation in the chest, fatigue, dark urine with reduced output, diarrhea, and usually accompanied by a white, greasy tongue coating as in early stages of Damp Warm-Febrile diseases; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 2. With (黃苓, ) Huang Qin, (滑石, slippery rock) Hua Shi and (豬苓, pig's fungus) Zhu Ling for Damp Warm-Febrile diseases in the middle burner with recurrent fevers and body aches; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 3. With (砂仁, sand seeds) Sha Ren for fullness and a stifling sensation in the chest, vomiting, and diarrhea due to Qi obstruction with Damp; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 5. With (藿香, agastache aroma) Huo Xiang and (半夏, "half summer") Ban Xia for nausea and vomiting, epigastric discomfort, and reduced appetite due to either Damp-Cold of Food stagnation; add comment

	+1 Veronica Rogers (Rootdown Staff) 4. With (陳皮, aged peel) Chen Pi for fullness and discomfort in the chest and abdomen, belching, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea due to Spleen/Stomach deficiency with a subsequent accumulation of turbid Damp; add comment

Bai Dou Kou白豆蔻 bái dòu kòu, ""white cardamon""