Cao Guo has the effect of removing phlegm and stopping malaria, drying dampness and warming the middle, and is often used in treating distension and pain in the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen), internal obstruction of cold and dampness, plumpness (stomach distension and discomfort) and vomiting, and malaria, cold and heat.
Cao Guo belongs to the family of dampness-reducing medicines and is the dried mature fruit of Cao Guo of the ginger family. Cao Guo is also known as Cao Guo Ren (่ๆไป). It is pungent and warm in nature. It enters the stomach meridian and spleen meridian. It can be used internally and externally. Cao Guo has the efficacy of removing phlegm and stopping malaria, drying dampness and warming the middle, and is long used in the treatment of epigastric distension and pain, cold and dampness internal obstruction, plumpness and vomiting, malaria, cold and heat, and so on.
Cao Guo is pungent and warm in nature, and should be used with caution by people with spleen and stomach yin deficiency (insufficient yin in the spleen and stomach). Cao Guo should also be used with caution in pregnant women. The adverse effects of Cao Guo are not clear. Grass Fruit is contraindicated in those who are allergic to Grass Fruit. If necessary, please use under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.