Properties: Sweet, pungent, warm
Meridans Entered:
Primary: Spleen and Stomach
Traditional Actions/Indications:
- Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion and harmonizes the Stomach
Food Stagnation or accumulation due Stomach Cold with epigastric fullness or distention, lack of appetite, borborygmus and diarrhoea
- Moves Qi
Qi Stagnation
Suggested Daily Dosage: 6-15g in decoction.
Cautions: Contains gluten so not advised in people with gluten sensitivity or coeliac disease. Also contraindicated in cases of acid reflux, deficient Spleen Yin and excessive Stomach Fire. Caution also advised in pregnancy.
Notable Constituents:
- Yeast
- Amylase
- Vitamin B complex
- Ergosterol
Notes:
This is made using an 8 step process (Chinese Herbs Healing):
- Prepare a relatively large amount of flour or bran
- Blend them well with almond paste, adzuki bean powder, and juice of fresh wormwood, cocklebur, and pale smartweed
- Make the mixture appropriately wet
- Place the mixture into a basket
- Cover them with apocynum venetum leaves or paper mulberry leaves
- Keep warm and let them ferment for a week
- Take it out when yellow mycelium grows out
- Cut it into small pieces and dry them in the sun
Appears in 22 formulae listed on this site: (click to display)
Ban Xia Bai Zhu Tian Ma Tang (Pinellia, White Atractylodes and Gastrodia Decoction)
From: Discussion of the Spleen and Stomach by Li Gao / Li Dong Yuan (1249)
Bao He Wan (Preserve Harmony Pill)
From: Essential Teachings of Dan-Xi by Zhu Dan-Xi (1732)
Chu Qi Han Shi Yu Fei Fang (Early Stage Cold-Damp Lung Stagnation Prescription)
From: Diagnosis and Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia (Trial Version 7), Chinese Medical Journal 2020, 133(9): 1087-1095.
doi: 10.1097/CM9.0000000000000819 by Wei Pei-Fang (editor), National Health Commission & National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2020)
Ci Zhu Wan (Magnetite and Cinnabar Pill)
From: Important Formulas Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces by Sun Si Miao (650)
Da An Wan (Great Tranquility Pill)
From: Essential Teachings of Dan-Xi by Zhu Dan-Xi (1732)
Fei Er Wan (Fat Baby Pill)
From: Golden Mirror of the Medical Tradition by Wu Qian (1742)
Fei Er Wan (Fat Baby Pill)
From: Comprehensive and Subtle Discussion of Children's Health (1156)
Ge Hua Jie Cheng San (Kudzu Flower Powder to Relieve Hangovers)
From: Discussion of the Spleen and Stomach by Li Gao / Li Dong Yuan (1249)
Jian Pi Wan (Strengthen the Spleen Pill)
From: Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment by Wang Ken-Tang (1602)
Kang Zhuang Jiu (Robust Health Wine)
From: Chinese Medicinal Wines and Elixirs (2008) by Various
Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang (Clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi Decoction)
From: Clarifying Doubts About Damage from Internal and External Causes by Li Gao / Li Dong Yuan (1247)
Qu Mai Zhi Zhu Wan (Medicated Leaven, Barley Sprout, Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill)
From: Indispensable Tools for Pattern Treatment by Wang Ken-Tang (1602)
Ren Shen Fu Ling Jiu (Ginseng and Poria Wine)
From: Chinese Medicinal Wines and Elixirs (2008) by Various
Shang Zhong Xia Tong Yong Tong Feng Wan (Pill to Treat Painful Wind Anywhere)
From: Medical Formulas Collected and Analysed by Wang Ang (1682)
Sheng Jiang San (Ascending and Descending Powder)
From: Systematic Differentiation of Cold Damage and Warm Epidemics (1748) by Yang Lishan
Si Jia Jian Zheng Qi San (Fourth Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder)
From: Systematic Differentiation of Warm Pathogen Diseases by Wu Tang / Wu Ju Tong (1798)
Wu Shi Cha (High Noon Tea)
From: Experienced Internal and External Prescriptions for All Diseases by Anonymous (1820)
Xiao Ru Wan (Reduce Infantile Stagnation Pill)
From: Comprehensive and Subtle Discussion of Children's Health (1156)
Yi Jia Jian Zheng Qi San (First Modification of Rectify the Qi Powder)
From: Systematic Differentiation of Warm Pathogen Diseases by Wu Tang / Wu Ju Tong (1798)
Yue Ju Wan (Escape Restraint Pill)
From: Essential Teachings of Dan-Xi by Zhu Dan-Xi (1732)
Zha Qu Ping Wei San (Hawthorn and Medicated Leaven Powder to Calm the Stomach)
From: Pathodynamics and Treatment Strategies in Chinese Medicine (1988)
Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan (Unripe Bitter Orange Pill to Guide Out Stagnation)
From: Clarifying Doubts About Damage from Internal and External Causes by Li Gao / Li Dong Yuan (1247)
Research Links & References: (click to display)
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Reference Notes:
Individual herb information has sourced mainly from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes. Zhou, Xie and Yan (2011): Encyclopedia of Traditional Chinese Medicines, Vol. 5, has been used for entries not available from those sources with additional material searched for and filled in where available. Western herbs not appearing in the Chinese literature have used Ross (2010): Combining Western Herbs and Chinese Medicine: A Clinical Materia Medica, White Rabbit Institute of Healing and therapeutika.ch. Choices of which source to use or combine have been my own.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted. Actions and indications are taken from traditional uses and do not necessarily reflect the evidence base which should be researched independently. Dosages are for guidance only and will vary dependening on the potency of the batch and the tolerance of the individual so should be evaluated by a professional based on individual needs.
