[Preparation method and dosage]
Fennel (Fructus Anisi Stellati)
[Efficacy]
Smooth Qi and calm the mind, dissipating cold to relieve pain.
[Indications]
Treats acute and chronic stomachache, pantothenic acid, cold pathogenic qi stagnation, stagnation, distending pain in the abdomen and women's menstrual pain.
[Prescription]
This prescription is an essential prescription for treating stomachache abdominal pain caused by deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach and stagnation of Qi and blood. In the prescription, Cinnamon Twig disperses blood stagnation; dispels pathogens and relieves pain; Corydalis Tuber can unblock qi stagnation in the blood and blood stagnation in the qi, and treat internal and external pain; Oyster Shell Powder makes acid; Villous Amomum Fruit, fennel fruit, Galangal, all warm Stomach smoothes Qi and dissipates cold pain. Liquorice Root relieves acute and moderate pain.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- Epigastric distending pain.
- Light tongue with white coating.
- His heat fluid retention.
- Pantothenic acid.
- Deficiency and cold dysmenorrheal.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Umbilical and abdominal palpitations: add Poria
- If the accumulation persists: add Immature Orange Fruit, Magnolia Bark > .
- Women's stasis: add Sparganium Rhizome and Zedoary Rhizome.
- Vomiting of pregnancy: Add Pineilia, Poria.
[Attention to taboos]
The medicinal property of this prescription is too pungent and warm, so it should not be used in cases of dampness-heat or even inflammatory diseases.
[Modern application]
Stomach cold pain, chronic gastritis, stomach and duodenal ulcer, hyperacidity, gastroptosis, gastroptosis, pyloric stenosis, stomach cancer, menstrual pain, morning sickness.