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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)
Guang Zao 广枣 (TCM)
Snying Zho Sha སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ (Tibetan)
Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898)
Choerospondias Guang Zao
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)
(Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2017)
Botanical name:
Choerospondias axillaris
Parts used:
Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used synonymously in TCM.
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/Cool. Sweet, Sour
Choerospondias axillaris
Parts used:
Dried Ripe Fruit; the seed is used synonymously in TCM.
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/Cool. Sweet, Sour
Uses:
1. Moves Qi and Blood
-Chest pain from Qi and Blood stasis
-Shortness of Breath
2. Nourishes the Heart, Clears Heat, Calms the Mind and Spirit:
-Restlessness, Anxiety, Insomnia, Neurasthenia
-Heart Fire, Carditis (Tibetan Medicine)
-Palpitation
3. Clears Obstruction, Resolves Toxin:
-food stagnation with abdominal fullness
-Diarrhea
-Bronchitis
-Hernia
Dose:
1–2 ½ grams
Comment,
In Tibetan Medicine, it is one of the 3 Zho Sha medicines:
i. Choerospondias has Heart-shaped seed and benefits the Heart
ii. Mucuna prurita (and Canavalia gladiata) have Kidney-shaped seed and benefits the Kidneys
iii. Entada scandens has Spleen-shaped seeds and benefits the Spleen.
These three medicines are sometimes combined
Substitutes:
1. Fruit of Spondias pinnata
2. Fruit of Prunus spp.
1–2 ½ grams
Comment,
In Tibetan Medicine, it is one of the 3 Zho Sha medicines:
i. Choerospondias has Heart-shaped seed and benefits the Heart
ii. Mucuna prurita (and Canavalia gladiata) have Kidney-shaped seed and benefits the Kidneys
iii. Entada scandens has Spleen-shaped seeds and benefits the Spleen.
These three medicines are sometimes combined
Substitutes:
1. Fruit of Spondias pinnata
2. Fruit of Prunus spp.
Main Combinations:
1. Anxiety, irritability, poor concentration, mental dullness, Insanity, Mild Depression:
i. Choerospondias Guang Zao with Asafetida, Costus, Nutmeg, Betel Nut (as in Mental Happiness of Tibetan Medicine)
ii. Choerospondias Guang Zao with Aloeswood, Nutmeg, Tabasheer, Chebula, Clove, Asafetida, Costus, Frankincense (as in Eleven Holders of Life of Tibetan Medicine)
iii. Choerospondias Guang Zao with Triphala, Nutmeg, Frankincense, Aloeswood, Asafetida, Clove, Tabasheer, Safflower, White Sandalwood (as in Bi Ma La of Tibetan Medicine)
2. Wind affecting the Heart, Heart Fire due to overactive Mind, Choerospondias Guang Zao with Nutmeg, Long Pepper, Costus, Inula racemosa (as in Nutmeg 5 of Tibetan Medicine)
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)
Rhododendron 16 (Dwa lis bcu drug) (Tibetan)
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
None noted
Main Preparations used: