bubble_chart Efficacy

Strengthen the stomach and relax the middle, promote water circulation and remove stagnation.

bubble_chart Indications

It treats tympanites caused by middle fullness and also addresses swelling, fullness, and discomfort due to spleen deficiency.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula can be considered as a combination of Stomach-Calming Powder and Four Poria Decoction, with additional ingredients. Stomach-Calming Powder can calm the excess of the spleen and stomach, and remove food stagnation; Four Poria Decoction is used to clear stomach dampness stroke heat and promote the discharge of water dampness; the addition of Immature Orange Fruit, Areca Peel, Villous Amomum Fruit, Aucklandia Root, etc., all of which are aromatic stomachics, are used to disperse qi depression and aid digestion; Rush Pith has the functions of promoting qi, harmonizing the spleen, and promoting water discharge and heat clearance.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. The abdomen is full of ascites.
2. Epigastric stuffiness and hardness.
3. Scanty urine and constipation.
4. Deep and solid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. For those with severe shortness of breath: add Aquilaria.
2. For severe swelling: add radish seed.
3. For severe constipation: add Rhubarb Rhizoma.

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bubble_chart Modern Application

Exudative peritonitis, nephritis, ascites, tympanites, cirrhosis, nephrosclerosis.