bubble_chart Efficacy

Strengthening the spleen, clearing heat, eliminating stagnation, and killing worms.

bubble_chart Indications

Infantile malnutrition involving the spleen syndrome, characterized by sallow complexion and emaciation, distended abdomen with poor appetite, fever due to physical weakness, fatigue and a tendency to sleep, preference for sleeping in cool places, anorexia, occasional vomiting and diarrhea, dry mouth, and irritability with thirst.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for children with parasitic malnutrition, abdominal pain, indigestion, and internal pathogenic heat. In the formula, Ginseng, Poria, White Atractylodes Rhizome, and Liquorice Root form the Four Gentlemen Decoction, which has the effect of tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen and stomach; hawthorn fruit, Germinated Barley, and Medicated Leaven can all promote digestive function and improve appetite; Quisqualis Fruit and Aloes can expel parasites and eliminate malnutrition; figwortflower picrorhiza rhizome and Coptis Rhizome can expel roundworms and clear heat from the liver and stomach. The combination of these herbs not only strengthens the spleen and stomach and promotes digestion but also has the effect of clearing heat and killing worms.

1. Infantile malnutrition involving the spleen.
2. Sallow complexion and emaciation.
3. Abdominal distension and anorexia.
4. Occasional vomiting and diarrhea.
5. Ascariasis or other parasitic diseases.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Dry mouth and irritability with thirst: add Ophiopogon Tuber, Schisandra Fruit.
2. Vomiting and diarrhea: add Pinellia, Dried Tangerine Peel.
3. Weakness with alternating chills and fever: add Bupleurum, Peony Root.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Poor development in children, loss of appetite, indigestion, night crying, and Chinese Taxillus Herb worm disease.