[Preparation method and dosage]
[Efficacy]
moving qi and removing food stagnation, releasing heat and laxative.
[Indications]
Retention of food, internal retention, dampness-heat, evidence of accumulation. Abdominal distension and fullness pain, red and white diarrhea, yellow and greasy tenesmus, tongue coating, heavy and solid pulse, also treat large constipation knots.
[Prescription]
This prescription is an agent for moving qi and removing food stagnation, and treats syndromes mostly caused by fluid retention, retention of food, qi movement blockage, and dampness-heat accumulation. The prescription uses Aucklandia Root and Areca Seed moving qi to resolve stagnation, eliminate abdominal distension and fullness pain, and remove tenesmus; Rhubarb Rhizoma, Sodium Sulfate, pharbitis seed can attack accumulated stagnation, purge heat and relieve constipation, and eliminate the evil of heat and excess; use green tangerine peel, Dried Tangerine Peel, moving qi to dissolve accumulation, strengthen Aucklandia Root, Areca Seed to dispel qi; better match Cyperus, Sparganium Rhizome, Zedoary Rhizome soothing liver and relieving depression, breaking blood stasis; Submature Bitter Orange lowering qi widens the intestines, moves the Qi in the chest and abdomen to eliminate stuffiness and fullness; Coptis Rhizome, Phelloendron Bark, clearing heat and drying dampness, to Stop diarrhea.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- Abdominal distension and fullness pain.
- Poor stool.
- diarrhea red and white.
- The fur is yellow and greasy.
- Pulse is strong.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Phlegm-fluid retention of food: Add Pineilia, Poria.
- dampness-heat qi stagnation: Add Virgate Wormwood, Gardenia.
- Women's blood stagnation: add Chinese Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Red Peony Root.
[Attention to taboos]
This recipe's moving qi has strong attack power and can easily damage healthy qi. Therefore, it should be used with caution if it suffers from food accumulation and spleen-stomach weakness.
[Modern application]
This prescription promotes digestion, enhances gastrointestinal motility, defecation, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic. Used for acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, intestinal infarction, food accumulation constipation, and indigestion.