bubble_chart Efficacy

Tonifying qi, building the middle, harmonizing the interior, and relieving urgency.

bubble_chart Indications

Deficiency fatigue, rectal urgency, and various deficiency syndromes (i.e., general debility and functional decline). For epigastric and abdominal pain that is relieved by warmth and pressure, belching, acid regurgitation, loose stools, dull complexion, fatigue, weak limbs, pale tongue, and thin pulse, indicative of spleen-stomach yang deficiency pattern.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is targeted at symptoms resembling those of Minor Center-Fortifying Decoction, but with a more pronounced physical decline, including spontaneous sweating, night sweats, frequent abdominal muscle cramps, rectal urgency, abdominal pain, and severe pain in the lower back or chest, along with palpitations, dry lips, vertigo, shortness of breath, and general fatigue. It is often used for conditions resulting from overwork and physical depletion, or poor recovery after illness. It is also suitable for dry skin, other suppurative diseases, and common colds in individuals with a subcutaneous nodular constitution. This formula is essentially Minor Center-Fortifying Decoction with the addition of Chinese Angelica and Astragalus Root. The original formula works by sweet and warm properties to support the spleen and stomach, starting from the central palace to facilitate distribution to the zang-fu organs and all meridians. The addition of Chinese Angelica tonifies the blood, while Astragalus Root powerfully tonifies the primordial qi, thereby strengthening the body's capacity to recover from the five kinds of strain and seven types of fatigue. Astragalus Root also enhances skin nutrition, with effects of consolidating the exterior, promoting tissue regeneration, expelling pus, and strengthening the heart. The combination of these herbs enhances blood circulation, promotes metabolism, and improves the functions of the spleen and stomach.

1. abdominal distension and fullness: add Poria.
2. lung deficiency: add Pineilia.
3. fever yellow sweat: add Saposhnikovia Root, White Atractylodes Rhizome.
4. headache and body pain: add Cimicifuga Rhizome, Pueraria Root, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome.
5. sore waist and knee pain: add Stephania Tetrandra, Atractylodes Rhizome.
6. dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea: add Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, Cyperus.
7. neurasthenia: add Fossil Bone, oyster shell, Tuber Fleeceflower Stem.
8. malnutritional edema: add White Atractylodes Rhizome, Poria, Alisma.
9. wind-cold deficiency: combine with Jade Screen Powder.
10. postpartum deficiency: combine with Four Ingredients Decoction.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Weakness after serious illness, night sweats, chronic weakness, fatigue-related disorders, subcutaneous nodular weakness, weak children, chronic otitis media, cervical gland subcutaneous nodules, multiple abscesses, chronic ulcers, suppurative ulcers, night sweats and fatigue, feverish pain, hemorrhoids and fistulas, Yongju, bone necrosis, childhood hernia pain, polyuria, etc.