Atractylodes macrocephala 60 gm, Citrus aurantium (stir-fried with bran, yellow, pulp removed) 30 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind into a fine powder, wrap with lotus leaves, and form into pills as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 50 pills each time, administer with plain water, without regard to time.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Promotes digestion and strengthens the spleen.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen-stomach weakness, food stagnation, epigastric distension and fullness, loss of appetite.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula heavily utilizes White Atractylodes Rhizome to strengthen the spleen and harmonize the middle, aiding in the spleen's transformation and transportation. Immature Orange Fruit moves qi to resolve stagnation, alleviating stuffiness and fullness. Lotus Leaf, used to make pills by baking with rice, elevates and nourishes the spleen and stomach's clearing qi aspect, thereby assisting White Atractylodes Rhizome in its function of fortifying the spleen and benefiting the stomach. The combination of Lotus Leaf and Immature Orange Fruit, one lifting the clear and the other descending the turbid, results in the ascent of the clear and the descent of the turbid, harmonizing the spleen and stomach, leading to a robust spleen and the resolution of accumulation.