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Tonifying qi and invigorating the spleen, regulating qi and promoting digestion. Used for spleen-stomach weakness, indigestion, chest and gastric stuffiness, poor appetite, and loose or irregular bowel movements.

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The stomach governs reception, and its qi should descend; the spleen governs transportation and transformation, and its qi should ascend. If the stomach is deficient and fails to descend, it cannot receive; if the spleen is deficient and fails to ascend, it cannot transform, leading to symptoms such as indigestion, gastric stuffiness, and irregular bowel movements. In cases of spleen-stomach weakness, it is necessary to strengthen the spleen and stomach. For difficulty in digesting food, it is appropriate to use methods that promote digestion. Combining invigorating the spleen and promoting digestion ensures that the spleen's transportation function is robust and food accumulation is resolved, hence it is referred to as "strengthening the spleen." In the formula, Ginseng and White Atractylodes Rhizome tonify middle qi and strengthen the spleen and stomach; hawthorn fruit, Germinated Barley, and Medicated Leaven aid digestion and resolve food accumulation; Dried Tangerine Peel and Immature Orange Fruit regulate qi to smooth the middle, eliminate food retention, and promote the spleen and stomach's transportation and transformation functions. The combination of these herbs has the dual effect of resolving and tonifying.

Chronic gastritis, diarrhea, enteritis.