bubble_chart Composition

Ginseng 3 gm, White Peony Root 3 gm, Hyacinth Bean 3 gm, Chinese Yam 3 gm, Poria with Hostwood 3 gm, Red Sage Root 2.4 gm, Tangerine Peel 1.8 gm, Licorice Root 1.5 gm, Lotus Seed 4.5 gm, Sandalwood 0.9 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Use one healthy and robust pig's stomach, wash it with wine, grind it clean, and decoct it into a clear soup for medicinal purposes. It can also be made into pills.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourish the heart and strengthen the spleen.

bubble_chart Indications

Deficiency fatigue, deficiency of both heart and spleen, seminal emission, night sweats, poor appetite, diarrhea, blood not following the meridian tropism, women with menorrhagia and metrostaxis that does not stop, and those who cannot tolerate astragalus, atractylodes, angelica, or rehmannia.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula uses Ginseng for the powerful tonification of primordial qi, pig stomach to greatly strengthen the spleen and stomach, Poria with Pine and Salvia for enriching and tonifying heart yin, Hyacinth Bean and Chinese Yam to cultivate and supplement spleen essence, Peony Root to soothe the liver, Liquorice Root to supplement the earth element, assisted by Lotus Seed combined with Salvia to restore coordination between the heart and kidney, and added with sandalwood to assist Dried Tangerine Peel in fragrantly awakening the spleen. Combined and used together, the rising of qi in the spleen and stomach travels to the heart and lungs, descends to connect with the liver and kidneys, nourishing heart yin on one hand and regulating spleen essence on the other, thereby strengthening the child and benefiting the mother.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

For those with deficiency heat, add Moutan Cortex and Lycii Cortex; for severe palpitations due to fright and insomnia with profuse sweating, add Ziziphi Spinosae Semen; for dry cough due to fire scorching the lung metal, add Lilii Bulbus; for bloody stool and loss of blood, add Sanguisorbae Radix and Dipsaci Radix; for difficulty in urination, add Plantaginis Semen; for excessive phlegm, add Fritillariae Bulbus.