bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulating qi and resolving stuffiness, stimulating appetite and promoting digestion.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen deficiency with qi stagnation, a complex of cold and heat, epigastric fullness syndrome of deficiency type, aversion to food and fatigue, and a wiry pulse at the right guan position.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Immature Orange Fruit regulating qi and resolving stuffiness serves as the monarch; Magnolia Bark moving qi and eliminating fullness serves as the minister; Coptis Rhizome clearing heat and relieving stuffiness, Pinellia dispersing stagnation and harmonizing the stomach, Dried Ginger warming the middle and dispelling cold, Ginseng tonifying qi and supporting the upright, White Atractylodes Rhizome and Poria strengthening the spleen and dispelling dampness, and malt promoting digestion to harmonize the middle, all serve as assistant medicinals; roasted Liquorice Root harmonizing the various medicinals serves as the envoy. The entire formula combines dispersing and tonifying, warming and clearing, working together to regulate qi and resolve stuffiness, and to stimulate the appetite and promote digestion.

Modern medicine believes that this prescription enhances immunity, increases gastrointestinal motility, and has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects. It is mainly used for: duodenal bulb ulcer, chronic gastroenteritis, presenting with epigastric stuffiness and fullness, poor appetite, mental fatigue and lack of strength, or chest and abdominal distension and fullness, reduced food intake, nausea, difficulty in bowel movements, thick and greasy tongue coating, and wiry pulse.