Nutmeg is known by many names, such Myristica fragrans, mace, magic, muscdier, muskatbaum, myristica, noz moscada, nuez moscada, and nux moschata. Nutmeg.
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Basic Botanical Info:Nutmeg.:
Botanical Source: Dry seed kernel of Myristica fragrans Houtt
Family : Myristicaceae
Pharmaceutical Name:Semen Myristicae
Botanical Name:Myristica fragrans Houtt.
Common Name:Nutmeg
Synonyms:Nux Moschata. Mace,Myristica officinalis (Linn.). Myristica aromata. Myristica. Muskatbuam, Myristica, Myristica fragrans, Myristicae semen, Nuez moscada, Nux moscata.Rou Dou Kou,Nutmeg,Semen Myristicae, Myristica fragrans Houtt.
Part Used: dried kernels, oil
Habitat:Banda Islands, Malayan Archipelago, Molucca Islands, and cultivated in Sumatra, French Guiana.
Source of Earliest Record:Yaoxing Lun
Part Used and Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:The seeds are removed from the ripe fruit and dried in the sun.
Properties and Taste:Pungent and warm
Meridians:Spleen, stomach and large intestine
Action: To warm the spleen and stomach and promote the flow of qi, to arrest diarrhea as an astringent.
Indications: Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach with persistent diarrhea, epigastric and abdominal distension and pain, anorexia, and vomiting.
Collection: When the fruit reaches maturity it splits in two to expose the mace-covered kernel. Mace and kernel are dried separately.
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♣ last edit date:25th,Oct.2010.
