Fang name | Aucklandia and Areca Pill |
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[Efficacy]
moving qi and removing food stagnation, releasing heat and laxative.
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]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.