Robert Hayden, M.S.O.M.

- Materia Medica Lecture Notes

Aromatic Transform Dampness

Agastache Hb agastachis seu pogastemonis (Huo xiang) sl warm, *Turbid-dampness: chest acrid / fullness, nausea, vomiting, LU,SP,ST diarrhea, etc. *Morning sickness. *Summerheat-damp. *Stomach flu. *Bad breath. neutral, acrid / SP,ST warm, bitter, acrid, aromatic/ LU,LI,SP, ST warm, bitter, acrid, aromatic/ SP,ST Contraindicated: yin def heat, St fire. Don't cook longer than 15 min. 4.5-9 g

Eupatorium Hb Eupatorii (Pei lan) Magnolia bark Cx Magnoliae officinalis (Hou po)

*Transforms dampness w/o Contraindicated: yin def. drying: for damp or damp-heat sx. *Summerheat-damp. *Turbid-damp + stagnant qi or food: chest/ab fullness, nausea, diarrhea, etc. *Wheezing d/t phlegm-damp. Caution in pregnancy.

4.5-9 g

3-9 g

Atractylodes Rz atractylodis (Cang zhu)

*Dries dampness, strengthens Sp: Very drying. Contraindicated: yin damp, low appetite, diarrhea, ab def heat, qi def sweat. distension. *Wind-damp bi. *Low jiao damp-heat: leg qi, leukorrhea, etc

4.5-9 g

Cardamom seed Fr Amomi kravanh (Bai dou kou)

warm, *Various damp + qi stagnation sx: Contraindicated: yin or blood def, acrid, chest fullness, low appetite. absence of cold-damp. aromatic/ *Warms middle, stops vomiting. LU,SP,ST warm, *Dries dampness, warm middle: acrid, cold pain, vomiting, diarrhea. aromatic/ SP,ST warm, acrid/ SP,ST *Strongly dries damp, warms middle: cold pain, vomiting, etc. *Meat stagnation. *Malaria. Contraindicated: yin or blood def. Add at end of decoction.

decoct: 3-6 g powder: 1.5-4.5 g 1.5-6 g

Katsumadai seed Sm Alpiniae katsumadai (Cao dou kou) Tsaoko Fr Amomi Tsaoko (Cao guo)

Contraindicated: qi or blood def, absence of cold-damp. OD: vomiting.

1.5-6 g roast to reduce vomiting 1.5-6 g

Amomum fruit Fr Amomi (Sha ren)

warm, acrid, aromatic/ SP,ST

*Qi stagnation, dampness, or food Contraindicated: yin def heat. stagnation. *Restless fetus + Add at end of decoction. morning sickness. *Add to tonic formulas to prevent stagnation.