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Choerospondias, Guang Zao 广枣

Hog Plum; Choerospondias fruit
Guang Zao  广枣  (TCM)
Snying Zho Sha  སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ  (Tibetan)
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Choerospondias axillaris
Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898)

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Choerospondias axillaris
(Photo by Zhangzhugang) (Wikimedia)

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Choerospondias Guang Zao
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)


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Botanical name:
Choerospondias axillaris

Parts used:
Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used synonymously in TCM.

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral. Sweet, Sour

Uses:
1. Moves Qi and Blood

-Chest pain

2. Nourishes the Heart, Calms the Mind and Spirit:
-Restlessness, Anxiety

3. Clears Obstruction, Resolves Toxin:
-abdominal fullness


Dose:
1–2 ½ grams in powder

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Main Combinations:
1. Anxiety, irritability, poor concentration, mental dullness, Insanity, Mild Depression:
i.
Choerospondias Guang Zao with ... available in PRO version
ii. Choerospondias Guang Zao with ... available in PRO version
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2. Wind affecting the Heart, Heart Fire due to overactive Mind, Choerospondias Guang Zao with ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Eleven Holders of Life (Srog dzin dcu gcig)
Aloeswood 15 (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 31 (Tibetan Medicine)
Aloeswood 35 (Tibetan Medicine)
Mental Happiness (Sems kyi bde skyid)
Bi Ma La (Tibetan Medicine)
Nux Vomica 13 (Ko byi bcu gsum)

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used:

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