bubble_chart Efficacy

Sweet and warm, tonifies qi, strengthens the spleen, and nourishes the stomach.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen qi deficiency, abdominal distension and fullness, pale complexion, weak and low voice, weakness in the limbs, anorexia, weak and feeble pulse, pale tongue with white coating.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula serves as a foundational formula for tonifying qi and fortifying the spleen. Many formulas that tonify qi and fortify the spleen are derived from this one. In the formula, Ginseng, which is sweet and warming, tonifies qi and nourishes the stomach, serving as the sovereign herb; White Atractylodes Rhizome, which is sweet and warming, tonifies the spleen and qi, dries dampness, and invigorates the spleen, serving as the minister herb; Poria, which is bland and fortifies the spleen, ensures that Ginseng and White Atractylodes Rhizome tonify without causing stagnation, serving as the assistant herb; Prepared Liquorice Root tonifies qi and fortifies the spleen, harmonizing the other herbs. The combination of these four herbs tonifies qi and fortifies the spleen, making it both a representative formula for tonifying qi and a foundational formula for fortifying the spleen.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. complexion pale.
2. reduced appetite anorexia.
3. fatigue and weakness.
4. tongue pale with white coating.
5. pulse weak.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. spleen-stomach weakness abdominal distension: add Dried Tangerine Peel named Extraordinary Efficacy Powder.
2. spleen deficiency with excessive phlegm: add Dried Tangerine Peel, Pinellia named Six Gentlemen Decoction.
3. spleen deficiency with excessive phlegm and qi stagnation: add Dried Tangerine Peel, Pinellia, Aucklandia Root, Villous Amomum Fruit named Cyperus, Amomum and Six Gentlemen Decoction.
4. spleen deficiency with tidal fever: add Bupleurum, Peony Root.
5. palpitation due to fright and insomnia: add Sour Jujube.
6. hemiplegia: add Bamboo Juice, Ginger Juice.
7. spleen deficiency with muscle heat: add Aucklandia Root, Patchouli, Pueraria Root.
8. severe spleen-stomach qi deficiency: add Astragalus Root, Chinese Yam.
9. qi deficiency constipation: add Chinese Angelica, Hemp Seed.
10. loose stool and diarrhea: add Coix Seed, Ricepaperplant Pith.
11. severe cold: combine with Middle-Regulating Decoction.
12. chronic pestilent qi deficiency leading to low-grade fever: add Cinnamon Twig, Aconite Lateral Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

This formula enhances digestive and absorptive functions, boosts the body's immunity, and is used for chronic gastroenteritis, gastroptosis, gastric atony, gastric and duodenal ulcers, gastrointestinal hypofunction, weakness of the limbs, hemiplegia, diabetes, nocturnal enuresis, and enuresis.