Rou Dou Kou - Nutmeg【Net Wt: 100g】

NPN 80095924

【Macroscopic Features】
Oval or elliptical shape, 2~3cm long, 1.5~2.5cm diameter. Externally grayish-brown or grayish-yellow, sometimes externally covered in white powder (lime powder). Whole body has pale longitudinal grooves and irregular grooves. Hilum is located in the wide end; pale round and raised, chalaza is dark and indented. Raphe is longitudinal groove connecting the two ends. Firm texture, fractured surface has a brownish-yellow alternating pattern, wide end has dry wrinkled embryo, oily. Potent aromatic odor, acrid taste.

【Properties】 Acrid, bitter, warm

【Channels (meridians) entered】spleen, stomach and large intestine

【Functions】
Warms the middle, astringes intestines, moves qi, resolves food. Apply to diarrhea of deficiency type, cold dysentery, gastric and abdominal swelling pain, poor appetite and vomiting, indigestion.