Choerospondias, Guang Zao 广枣
Hog Plum; Choerospondias fruit
Guang Zao 广枣 (TCM)
Snying Zho Sha སྙིང་ཞོ་ཤ (Tibetan)
Choerospondias axillaris
Hooker, Icones Plantarum, vol. 26 (1898)
Choerospondias axillaris
(Photo by Zhangzhugang) (Wikimedia)
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 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
Main Combinations:
1. Anxiety, irritability, poor concentration, mental dullness, Insanity, Mild Depression:
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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
