bubble_chart Efficacy

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

bubble_chart Indications

Summerheat stroke dampness injury, stagnation of fluid retention with food accumulation, abdominal pain and diarrhea, difficulty in urination, white and greasy thick tongue coating, floating and slippery or soft and slow pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is a combination of Stomach-Calming Powder and Five Ingredients with Poria Powder, hence the name. In the formula, Stomach-Calming Powder dries dampness and invigorates the spleen, promotes digestion, and removes food stagnation; Five Ingredients with Poria Powder promotes urination, drains dampness, and checks diarrhea. The combination of these two formulas has a broader application, harmonizes the spleen and stomach, prevents food stagnation, and thus cures various ailments.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. abdominal pain diarrhea (watery diarrhea).
2. Scanty urine.
3. Thick white greasy tongue coating.
4. Floating and slippery or soggy and slow pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

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

bubble_chart Modern Application

Acute gastroenteritis, diarrhea, viral enteritis, cholera, dysentery, nephritis, ovarian cyst, pyloric obstruction, cirrhosis ascites, heatstroke, acclimatization illness, dampness stroke, abdominal cold pain.