Trichosanthes Semen, Gua Lou Ren 瓜娄仁
Trichosanthes Seed
Gua Lou Ren (TCM)
Botanical name:
Trichosanthes kirilowii, T. rosthornii
Parts used:
Trichosanthes Seed
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, moist. Sweet
Classification:
Uses:
1. Moistens the Lungs, Opens the Chest, Clears Phlegm-Heat:
-Phlegm-Heat Cough with yellow, sticky, hard-to-clear Phlegm
-stifling feeling in the chest, Chest pain or pressure from Phlegm obstruction
-“quenches thirst due to consumptive disease. It moistens the Heart and Lungs” (Da Ming)
2. Moistens the Intestines:
-dry Constipation
-also for Dysentery with Blood (Da Ming)
3. Clears Pus, Resolves Abscesses:
-adjunct for Swellings and Abscesses; Sores that have not suppurated
-Abscess of the Lung, Breast or Intestines
Main Combinations:
1. Phlegm-Heat Cough:
i. Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
2. Chest pain from Phlegm and Qi obstruction, Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
3. Constipation:
i. Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
ii. from deficiency Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
4. Abscess:
i. Lung abscess, Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
ii. Breast Abscess, Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
iii. Intestinal Abscess, Trichosanthes Semen Gua Lou Ren with … available in PRO version
Cautions:
Avoid in those with weakness of the Stomach and Spleen, Nausea, loose stool etc.
