Classical antecedent: Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang
Indications:
Excessive hunger, dry mouth, desire to drink in small sips, dry lips, tiredness, mental restlessness, poor digestion, slight burning epigastric pain, mouth ulcers, dry stools, circumscribed skin rashes on the front of the leg, diabetes.
Pattern: Stomach-Yin deficiency, Spleen-Yin deficiency, Lung-Yin deficiency, Stomach Empty-Heat.
Action: Nourish Stomach-, Spleen- and Lung-Yin, clear Stomach Empty-Heat.
Tongue: Dry, either no coating or rootless coating in the centre, Stomach crack in the midline or scattered small cracks; it may be slightly red in the centre.
Pulse: Floating-empty on the right middle position.
Ingredients:
Bei Sha Shen (Radix Glehniae)
Mai Men Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis)
Yu Zhu (Rhizoma Polygonati odorati )
Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis)
Sang Ye (Folium Mori)
Bian Dou (Semen Dolichoris Lablab)
Tian Hua Fen (Radix Trichosanthis)
Lu Gen (Rhizoma Phragmitis)
Tai Zi Shen (Radix Pseudostellariae)
Dang Shen (Radix Codonopsis)
Fu Ling (Poria)
Zhi Mu (Radix Anemarrhenae)
Shan Yao (Rhizoma Discoreae)
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1