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Name (CN)	草果 (Cǎo guǒ)
Synonyms (CN)	草果仁、草果子、漏叩、煨草果、老蔻
Name (EN)	Tsaoko Amomum Tsao-Ko Fruit, Tsaoko Amomum Fruit
Scientific name(s)	Fructus Tsaoko, Tsaoko Fructus Amomi Tsao-Ko Fructus
Used section	Fruits
Taste	Spicy
Channel Tropism	Induce in the spleen and stomach meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Warm
Group	Plant [Condiments]

Origin	Amomum tsaoko Crevost et Lemarie (scientific name: Amomum tsaoko Crevost et Lemarie) is the fruit of a perennial herb in the ginger family, Amomaceae.
Function and treatment	Drying dampness, warming the middle, removing phlegm and intercepting malaria. Used for internal obstruction of cold and dampness, distension and pain in the abdomen, fullness and vomiting, malaria and cold-heat.
Origin and best harvesting period	It is distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, and other provinces in China, cultivated or wild under sparse forests, 1100-1800 m. The fruits are harvested in October and November.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-001781	hyperin; hyperoside; quercetin-3-galactoside; quercetin-3-o-galactoside; quercetin 3-o-galactoside; quercetin 3-galactoside
COMP-002381	2-decenal, (z)-; (z)-2-decenal; 2-decenal
COMP-002589	(-)-alpha-pinene
COMP-003615	octyl acetate; acetic acid, octyl ester
COMP-009295	2-undecenal; trans-2-undecenal
COMP-010414	trans-geraniol eicosatrienoic acid methylester
COMP-010415	1-heptacosanol
COMP-010416	1,2,3-benzenetriol
COMP-010417	10-oxogeraniol
COMP-010418	6,7-dihydroxy-indan-4-carbaldehyde
COMP-010419	(3as,4r,7ar)-4-hydroxy-3a,4,5,7a-tetrahydroindan-7-carbaldehyde
COMP-010420	isotsaokoin
COMP-010421	fucostanol
COMP-010422	1,7-bis(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-4,6-dien-3-one
COMP-010423	6-hydroxy-indan-4-carbaldehyde
COMP-010424	pyrogallol 1,3-dimethyl ether
COMP-010425	6-methyl-2-[11-formyl-3,7,15-trimethyl-2,6,10,14-hexadecatetraene-1-yl]-2,5-cyclohexadiene-1,4-dione
COMP-010426	(r)-sargachromenol