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English Name: tsaoko fruit, cochin cardamon, red cardamon
Literal Translation: “grass fruit”
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Tsaoko
Medica Category: Aromatic Damp-Dissolving Herbs
Properties: Cao Guo enters the Spleen and Stomach channels; it is acrid in nature and warm and aromatic in temperature.
The Chinese Herb Cao Guo is the ripe fruit from a ginger-like plant (Amomum tsaoko Crevost et Lemaire) that grows in the highlands of South China (Yunnan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces).
Cao Guo warms the middle jiao and dries dampness to treat abdominal fullness and pain (w/cold presentation), nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Cao Guo treats malaria accompanied by presentation of abdominal cold and dampness.