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
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral. Sweet, Sour
Choerospondias axillaris
Parts used:
Dried Ripe Fruit
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral. Sweet, Sour
Uses:
1. Moves Qi and Blood
-Pectoral pain from Qi and Blood stasis
-Palpitation, Shortness of Breath
2. Benefits the Heart, Calms the Mind:
-Restlessness, Anxiety
-Heart Fire, Carditis (Tibetan Medicine)
DOSE:
1500mg–2.5 grams
NOTE,
In Tibetan Medicine, it is one of the 3 Zho Sha medicines:
i. Choerospondias has Heart-shaped seed
ii. Mucuna prurita (and Canavalia gladiata) have Kidney-shaped seed
iii. Entada scandens has Spleen-shaped seeds.
These three medicines are sometimes combined
1500mg–2.5 grams
NOTE,
In Tibetan Medicine, it is one of the 3 Zho Sha medicines:
i. Choerospondias has Heart-shaped seed
ii. Mucuna prurita (and Canavalia gladiata) have Kidney-shaped seed
iii. Entada scandens has Spleen-shaped seeds.
These three medicines are sometimes combined
Main Combinations:
1. Anxiety, irritability, poor concentration, mental dullness, Insanity, Mild Depression:
i. with Asafetida, Costus, Nutmeg, Betel Nut (as in Mental Happiness of Tibetan Medicine)
ii. with Aloeswood, Nutmeg, Tabasheer, Chebula, Clove, Asafetida, Costus, Frankincense (as in Eleven Holders of Life of Tibetan Medicine)
iii. 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, 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)
Cautions:
None noted
Main Preparations used:
None noted
Main Preparations used: