What it is:
This herb is the ripe fruit of Amomum villosum Lour, or Amomum longiligulare Wu (family Zingibera-ceae). The former is mainly produced inYangchun and Xinyi counties in Guangdong Province, hence its name. The latter is chiefly grown in Hainan and Zhanjiang Prefecture of Guang-dong Provincea and hence the name Hainan Amomum. The drug is harvested in summer or autumn, dried in sunlight, and used unprepared.

Property
Flavour and channel tropism: pungent in flavour, warm in property, acing on the spleen and stomach channels.

. Effects:
Resolving dampness to improve appetite, warming the spleen to stop diarrhea, and regulating the activities of qi to prevent abortion