bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Alisma (Rhizoma Alismatis)
3 fēn bubble_chart Efficacy
Strengthening the spleen to tonify qi, and eliminating dampness to relieve alcohol effects.
bubble_chart Indications
Excessive drinking, or the inability to metabolize alcohol, leads to a pattern of spleen deficiency with dampness obstruction. Symptoms include chest and diaphragm stuffiness, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, diarrhea, difficulty urinating, and a white, greasy tongue coating.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
The formula's medicinals primarily fortify the spleen, with a combination of medicinals that promote urination and sober the spleen as adjuncts. The formula heavily employs Pueraria Flower, as it can sober the spleen; Cardamon Fruit, Villous Amomum Fruit, Medicated Leaven, Dried Ginger, moving qi and resolving dampness, warming the middle and arresting vomiting; Ginseng, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Poria, tonifying qi, invigorating the spleen, and resolving dampness; green tangerine peel, Dried Tangerine Peel, Aucklandia Root, moving qi, fortifying the spleen, and resolving accumulation; Polyporus, Alisma, resolving dampness and promoting urination. The combination of these medicinals invigorates the spleen and drains dampness, resolves accumulation and aids digestion, thereby addressing alcohol accumulation.
bubble_chart Pattern Identification - Symptoms caused by excessive drinking.
- Chest and diaphragm stuffiness.
- Dizziness and vomiting.
- Anorexia.
- Diarrhea.
bubble_chart Formula Modification
Alcoholic Hepatitis: Combine Cold-Limbs Powder with Virgate Wormwood.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Excessive drinking, hangover, indigestion.