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| Category: Eliminate Food Stagnation ⌕ |
| Subcategory: Source: Dan Xi Xin Fa |
| Actions: Reduces food stagnation and harmonizes the Stomach [Song] |
| Diagnosis |
| Tongue: thick, greasy coat Pulse: slippery Other: |
| Patterns: Food Stagnation [abdominal pain, diarrhea, epigastric pain, hiccups], Insomnia Stomach Disharmony |
| Indications: Food stagnated in epigastium: Improper diet; Undigested food - aversion to food; Food stagnation - belching with foul smell, acid regurgitation; Middle Jiao qi movement disorder - vomiting, diarrhea; Middle Jiao qi stagnation - epigastria distention; T: thick greasy tongue coating, P: slippery [Song] • Insomnia [42]
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| Contraindications: Not for long term use. Gluten sensitivity. |
| Description |
| Name Variations: Bao He Wan, 保和丸, Preserve Harmony Pill, |
| Herb List: Shan Zha(K) • Shen Qu(K) • Lai Fu Zi(K) • Ban Xia(M) • Chen Pi(M) • Fu Ling(M) • Lian Qiao(A) |
| Commentary: Bao He Wan – food stagnation; excess consumption: Shan Zha/Shen Qu/Lai Fu Zi/ –Food stagnation; Chen Pi/Ban Xia (Er Chen Tang); Fu Ling – tonify SP Qi, drain dampness; Lian Qiao – envoy; clear heat from the food stagnaEon. Make sure there’s something to
clear the heat. Think of compost bin, which is the stomach, there will be heat. |
| Related Formulas: |
| Related Patents: The Curing Pill, Kang Ning Wan (Far East Summit, Kan Herb) |
| Herbs |
Cat/Dosage |
Actions |
Attributes |
Shan Zha
Hawthorn Fruit • ⼭楂 ♠ |
Food Stagnation |
Clear stagnation • Promote digestion • Increase blood circulation • Reduce swelling • Relieve diarrhea |
Antibiotic • Cardiotonic • Hypotensive • Anticholesterol • Vasodilative • Gastrointestinal |
Shen Qu
Medicated Leaven • 神曲 ♠ |
Food Stagnation |
Clear food stagnation • Relief diarrhea • Move Qi |
facilitates digestion of carbohydrates |
Lai Fu Zi
Radish Seeds • 莱菔⼦ ♠ |
Food Stagnation |
Clear food stagnation, transform phlegm, Descend Lung Qi, Spleen, and Large Intestine [21] |
hypotensive [21] |
Ban Xia
Pinellia Root • 半夏 ♥ |
Phlegm Cold |
Transforms damp-phlegm • Direct stomach Qi downward• Stop cough/ wheezing • Relieve nausea & vomiting • Dissolve nodules and swellingsFan Ban Xia - deep fried with vinegar, Ming Fan, and Sheng Jiang • Jiang Ban Xia - fried with ginger juice |
reprotoxic, warming, drying, antitussive, antiemetic |
Chen Pi •
Dried Tangerine Rind • 陈皮 ♥ |
Regulate Qi |
Stop cough • Stop vomiting • Regulate Qi • Harmonize middle burner • Transform phlegm • Dry damp • Prevent cloying of tonifying herbs Dao Di: Guang Dong • The older the Chen Pi, the better the quality • For moving Qi, Chen Pi is focus on moving Qi in the epigastric area |
regulate gastrointestinal smooth muscles, clear phlegm, hypertensive, aid digestion, hepatoprotective, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antiviral, expectorant |
| Fu Ling • Poria Mushroom • 茯苓 ♥ |
Drain Dampness |
Dry dampness • Tonify spleen • Calm spirit • Relief edema • Detox food poisoning • Promote urination Dao Di: Yun Nan |
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Lian Qiao •
Forsythia • 连翘 ♣ |
Clear Heat Resolve Toxins |
Clear heat - particularly in upper burner • Disperse clumps • Resolve toxins • Reduce abscesses • Promote urination • Clear ying level heat • Reduce fever |
Antibiotic • Anti-inflammatory • Antipyretic • Antiemetic • Diuretic • Hepatoprotective |
| ♠ King/Chief ♥ Minister/Deputy ♣ Assistant ♦ Envoy |
| Directions: |
| Modifications |
For |
| + Zhi Shi + Bin Lang |
Severe food stagnation 31 |
| + Huang Qin + Huang Lian |
Yellow tongue coating, rapid pulse 31 |
| + Da Huang |
Constipation 31 |
| + Bai Zhu |
Spleen deficiency 31 |
| Caution |
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ALERT: Contraindications of each herb - use with caution under these conditions:
Shan Zha:
Shen Qu:
Lai Fu Zi: Pregnancy
Ban Xia: Yin deficiency cough • Bleeding • Dehydration • Heat • Pregnancy • Incompatible with Wu Tou and Fu Zi • Antidepressant drugs • Blood pressure medication • Terfenadine (antihistamine) • Foods: lamb, goat
Chen Pi: Excess internal heat • Dry cough from heat, yin deficiency or qi deficiency • Cough with blood • Red tongue • Fluid deficiency
Fu LingBa Dou: Foods: Vinegar, pickled food
Lian Qiao: Diarrhea |
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