Classical antecedent: Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang (Saussurea-Amomum Six Gentlemen Decotion)
Indications:
Poor appetite, tiredness, feeling of fullness, distension and pain of the epigastrium, poor digestion, weak limbs, loose stools, slightly dry mouth.
Indications in Chinese Medicine:
Pattern: Stomach- and Spleen-Qi deficiency, Stomach-Yin deficiency, Dampness and stagnation of Qi in the Middle Burner.
Action: Tonify Qi, strengthen the Spleen, nourish Stomach-Yin, resolve Dampness and move Qi in the Centre.
Tongue: Pale, teethmarks, sticky coating in the centre. If there is some Stomach-Yin deficiency, the coating might be slightly rootless in the centre; if there is chronic, severe Spleen-Qi deficiency, there might be small transversal cracks on the sides.
Pulse: Weak, especially on the right middle position.
Ingredients:
Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis Preparata Fu Ling Poria Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparatum Sha Ren Fructus Amomi Mu Xiang Radix Aucklandiae |
Shan Yao Rhizoma Discoreae Tai Zi Shen Radix Pseudostellariae Bian Dou Semen Dolichoris Lablab Huo Xiang Herba Pogostemonis Hou Po Cortex Magnoliae officinalis Zi Su Ye Folium Perillae Zhi Ke Fructus Aurantii Shen Qu Massa medicata fermentata |
Dosage: 2 tablets x 2 times a day
Bottle: 60 tablets x 500mg concentration ratio of 7:1