Villous Amomum Fruit (Xanthioides) … Classic Formulas
Suo Sha Ren · Fructus Amomi
Primary Actions
- Transforms dampness and moves qi ... Suo Sha Ren is used for poor appetite, fullness, nausea, and middle-burner stagnation with cold-damp features.
- Warms the middle and checks diarrhea ... its aromatic warming action is valued when weak digestive transformation leads to loose stool and abdominal discomfort.
- Calms the fetus in digestive-constraint patterns ... traditional use overlaps strongly with Sha Ren, especially when pregnancy nausea and weak digestion coexist.
Classic Formulas
- Digestive damp-obstruction combinations with Chen Pi, Bai Zhu, or Ban Xia ... the classic middle-burner lane.
- Pregnancy-support pairings with Bai Zhu and Zi Su Geng ... used when nausea and weak descent dominate.
- Cold-damp diarrhea formulas with warming aromatic fruits ... a practical abdominal-stagnation context.
Classical Text References
- Traditional lists generally group Suo Sha Ren with the broader Sha Ren function set ... moving qi, transforming dampness, warming the middle, stopping diarrhea, and calming the fetus.
- The point of keeping this record separate is source identity and trade morphology rather than inventing a completely different classical action set.