[Efficacy]

drying dampness and invigorating spleen, transforming qi and draining water, regulating qi and moving stagnation.

[Indications]

summerheat stroke dampness damage, fluid retention, abdominal pain, diarrhea, difficulty urinating, tongue coating white and thick, slippery or slow pulse.

This recipe is named after the combination of Stomach-Calming Powder and Five Ingredients with Poria Powder. Fangzhong Stomach-Calming Powder, drying dampness and invigorating spleen, promoting digestion and removing food stagnation; Five Ingredients with Poria Powder draining dampness and checking diarrhea. The two prescriptions are combined and have wider application. If the spleen and stomach are harmonized and fluid retention is eliminated, all diseases will be cured.

[Key points of syndrome differentiation]

1. Abdominal pain diarrhea (watery diarrhea).
2. Little urine.
3. The fur is white and greasy.
4. The pulse is slippery or slow.

[Addition and subtraction]

1. summerheat dampness diarrhea: add Patchouli, Fortune Eupatorium, Floweringqince Fruit.
2. dampness turbidity: add Coptis Rhizome, Talc, Chinese Mosla.
3. cold-dampness: add Aconite Lateral Root and Dried Ginger.
4. Contains retention of food: combined with Stomach-Regulating Purgative Decoction.
5. external contraction for wind and cold: add Peony Root, Bupleurum.
6. Diarrhea abdominal pain: Add Cyperus, Villous Amomum Fruit.

[Modern application]

Acute gastroenteritis, diarrhea, viral enteritis, cholera, dysentery, nephritis, ovarian cyst, pyloric obstruction, cirrhosis, abdominal retention of water, summerheat stroke, resistance to water and soil, dampness stroke, abdominal cold pain.