Fang name | Six Gentlemen Decoction |
[Preparation method and dosage]
[Efficacy]
tonifying qi strengthens the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm.
[Indications]
The syndrome of spleen, stomach qi deficiency and phlegm-dampness. Lack of food, loose stool, chest gastric stuffiness, or even epigastric upset, cough with white phlegm, nausea and vomiting, pale tongue with white coating, and slow and moist pulse.
[Prescription]
In the prescription, ginseng, lingcocos, Shu, and grass are the key ingredients for tonifying qi, which can stimulate gastrointestinal function and enhance absorption; Dried Tangerine Peel, Pineilia i.e.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- anorexia loose stool.
- vomiting.
- Excessive phlegm.
- Light tongue with white coating.
- Pulse is heavy and wet.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Deficiency and cold abdominal pain: add Cyperus, Villous Amomum Fruit.
- deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach: Add Evodia Fruit, Blast-Fried Ginger, Cassia Bark.
- spleen-kidney yang deficiency: Add Psoralea, Aconite Lateral Root.
- diarrhea due to spleen deficiency: add Chinese Yam, Gordon Euryale Seed.
- Poop mucus: add Pueraria Root, Peony Root, Aucklandia Root.
- spleen deficiency abdominal pain: add Bupleurum, Peony Root, Chinese Angelica.
- anorexia: add hawthorn fruit, Germinated Barley
[Modern application]
This recipe enhances digestion and absorption function, enhances the body's immune function, promotes phlegm excretion and relieves cough. Used for stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastritis, vomiting of pregnancy, lung swelling, asthma, chronic bronchitis, diarrhea, chronic enteritis, gastroptosis, and gastroptosis.
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