Katsumadai
seed (Caodoukou)
Alpinia katsumadai
Pharmaceutical Name: Semen Alpiniae
katsumadai.
Botanical Name: Alpinia katsumadai Hayata
Common Name: Katsumadai seed, Katsumada’s galangal seed.
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The yellow fruit is gathered in summer or autumn and dried in
the sun. The seeds are smashed after the flesh of the fruit has been peeled
off.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and
warm.
Meridians: Spleen and stomach.
Functions: 1. To dry dampness and warm
the spleen and stomach; 2. To promote qi circulation.
Indications & Combinations: Cold-damp
blocking and stagnating spleen and stomach manifested as epigastric and
abdominal distension and fullness, cold pain, vomiting and diarrhea. In cases
of excessive dampness, Katsumadai seed (Caodoukou) is used with Magnolia bark
(Houpo), Atractylodes rhizome (Cangzhu) and Pinellia tuber (Banxia). In cases
of excessive cold, Katsumadai seed (Caodoukou) is used with Cinnamon bark
(Rougui) and Dried ginger (Ganjiang).
Dosage: 3-6 g,
decocted in water for an oral dose. It should be decocted after other herbs
when an herbal mixture is used.
Precautions: None noted.
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