bubble_chart Efficacy

Benefiting the stomach and tonifying the middle, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen-stomach weakness, dampness obstruction and qi stagnation, chest and gastric stuffiness, abdominal distension and fullness after eating, loss of appetite, vomiting and belching, acid regurgitation, white greasy tongue coating, and weak soggy pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is derived from Six Gentlemen Decoction with the addition of Aucklandia Root and Villous Amomum Fruit. In the formula, Ginseng tonifies the spleen and replenishes qi; White Atractylodes Rhizome invigorates the spleen and dries dampness; Poria eliminates dampness and benefits the spleen; Liquorice Root tonifies qi and harmonizes the middle; Pineilia regulates qi and resolves phlegm; Dried Tangerine Peel moves qi, strengthens the spleen, dries dampness, and resolves phlegm; Aucklandia Root strengthens the spleen, moves qi, resolves stagnation, and alleviates pain; Villous Amomum Fruit resolves dampness to harmonize the middle, regulates qi, and harmonizes the stomach.

bubble_chart Syndrome Differentiation

1. Stomach gastric stuffiness.
2. Anorexia prefers hot soup.
3. Belching with acid reflux.
4. Tongue coating is white and greasy.
5. Pulse is soggy and weak.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach 甚：加Evodia Fruit、Dried Ginger、Cassia Bark。
2. spleen-kidney yang deficiency：加Psoralea、Aconite Lateral Root。
3. 兼 exterior syndrome/pattern：加Saposhnikovia Root、cultivated purple perilla leaf、Bupleurum、Peony Root。
4. anorexia：加hawthorn fruit、Germinated Barley。
5. acid regurgitation：合Lindera and Fritillaria Powder。
6. 濕盛 watery diarrhea：加Pueraria Root、Talc、Coix Seed、Atractylodes Rhizome。

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