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title: "Shan Zha"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/583/shan-zha"
---

 ![shan zha, crataegi fructus.jpg](/u/shan-zha-crataegi-fructus-07A0FX.jpg) 

# Shan Zha

### Crataegi Fructus

_sour, sweet, slightly warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Relieves Food Stagnation**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Food stagnation
- Abdominal distention
- Abdominal pain
- Diarrhea
- Postpartum abdominal pain
- Blood stasis
- Bulging disorders
- Dysentery
- Coronary artery disease
- High cholesterol

Shan Zha is sour, sweet, and slightly warm. It enters the liver,
spleen, and stomach systems to help digestion especially when it is
impaired by consuming greasy meats.

**Channels:** liver, spleen, stomach

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Dyslipidemia
- Coronary artery disease
- Indigestion
- IBS
- Constipation
- Loose stool
- Angina pain
- Amenorrhea

**Formulas:**
- Bao He Wan
- Jian Pi Wan

**Contraindications:** Shan Zha should be prescribed
cautiously to patients that have weak digestive function and
should never be prescribed to pregnant women in high doses

**Zoo Image:** four hippos are at a greasy family reunion, one has a blood
pressure cuff, one has a blood clump, one has a piece of meat, and another
one has diarrhea

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