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.

1. Symptoms caused by excessive drinking.
2. Chest and diaphragm stuffiness.
3. Dizziness and vomiting.
4. Anorexia.
5. Diarrhea.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

Alcoholic Hepatitis: Combine Cold-Limbs Powder with Virgate Wormwood.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Excessive drinking, hangover, indigestion.