Atractylodes, Cyperus, Chuanxiong, Shenqu, Gardenia, equal parts.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder, make pills by mixing with water into a paste, the size of mung beans. Take 6-9 grams each time, swallowed with warm water. It is also commonly used as a decoction, boiled in water for administration.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Regulating qi and relieving depression.

bubble_chart Indications

Stagnation of qi, blood, phlegm, fire, dampness, and food causing chest and diaphragm stuffiness, abdominal distension and fullness, pain, acid reflux, vomiting, and indigestion.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Cyperus regulates qi and relieves depression to treat qi depression; Sichuan Lovage Rhizome invigorates blood and removes stagnation to treat blood stagnation; Atractylodes Rhizome dries dampness and invigorates the spleen to treat damp stagnation; Gardenia resolves depression and discharges heat to treat fire stagnation; Medicated Leaven promotes digestion to harmonize the middle to treat food stagnation. Although this formula does not contain ingredients to treat phlegm stagnation, phlegm stagnation is often caused by spleen dampness and is related to qi, fire, and food stagnation. Therefore, the formula does not include additional phlegm-resolving herbs, reflecting the principle of treating the root cause of the disease.