Herbs Category Test

Gua Lou (trichosanthis fructus) belongs to which category?

Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat treat cough with thick, yellow, scanty, difficult-to-expectorate phlegm. They are cold in nature. Some herbs in this category are bitter because they clear heat, and some are sweet because they have a moistening property. They typically enter the Lung channel.

Gua Lou is sweet in flavor because it moistens the Lung to make phlegm thinner and easier to expectorate. It also opens the chest. The seed (Gua Lou Ren) moistens the Large intestine to relieve constipation.