Atractylodes (soaked in rice water for three nights, stir-fried) 30 gm, Ligusticum (washed with wine) 30 gm, Shenqu (stir-fried) 30 gm, Cyperus (soaked in children's urine, stir-fried) 30 gm, Gardenia (stir-fried) 15 gm, Tangerine peel 30 gm, Pinellia (prepared) 30 gm, Poria 30 gm, Forsythia 15 gm, Radish seeds (stir-fried) 15 gm, Bitter orange (stir-fried with bran) 30 gm, Atractylodes macrocephala 90 gm, Coptis (wine-fried) 30 gm, Hawthorn (pitted) 60 gm, Aucklandia 15 gm, Angelica (washed with wine) 30 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with ginger juice, and form into pills using steamed bread, each the size of a phoenix tree seed. Take 50 pills each time, swallowed with mild ginger soup or wine.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Strengthen the spleen and relieve depression, move qi to aid digestion, clear heat and resolve phlegm.

bubble_chart Indications

Qi, blood, phlegm, fire, dampness, and food stagnation, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and oppression, or epigastric distension and fullness with pain, indigestion, belching, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is derived from the combination and modification of Depression-Resolving Pill and Harmony-Preserving Pill. In the formula, Cyperus and Aucklandia Root regulate qi and relieve depression, treating qi depression; Chinese Angelica and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome invigorate blood and resolve stasis, treating blood stagnation; Gardenia, Forsythia, and Coptis Rhizome clear heat and purge fire, treating fire stagnation; Atractylodes Rhizome, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Immature Orange Fruit, Pinellia, Dried Tangerine Peel, and Poria regulate qi and resolve phlegm, dry dampness, and invigorate the spleen, treating phlegm stagnation and damp stagnation; Medicated Leaven, hawthorn fruit, and radish seed promote digestion and remove food stagnation, treating food stagnation. When these herbs are used together, they resolve various stagnations of qi, blood, phlegm, fire, dampness, and food.