瓜蔞Trichosanthes

Trichosanthes root can be used to treat lung-heat cough, thick yellow phlegm, chest tightness and heart pain, chest masses and fullness, breast abscesses, lung abscesses, intestinal abscesses, and constipation.

Product Description

中藥名：瓜蔞

Traditional Chinese Medicine Name: Trichosanthes

性味：味甘、微苦，性寒。

Properties and Taste: Sweet and slightly bitter in taste, with a cold nature.
歸經：歸肺、胃、大腸經。

Meridian Tropism: Enters the lungs, stomach, and large intestine meridians.

功效：瓜蒌具有清熱祛痰、寬胸散結、潤燥通腸的功效。

Efficacy: Trichosanthes fruit has the effects of clearing heat and removing phlegm, relieving chest congestion, dispersing nodules, and moisturizing the intestines to ease bowel movements.

禁忌人群：脾胃虛寒的患者應謹慎服用。

People who should avoid: Patients with spleen and stomach deficiency with cold should take this with caution.