Ginger Juice and Amomum Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Revitalizes the spleen, dispels stagnant qi, disperses cold fluid, and warms the liver and kidneys. Suitable for acute gastritis (not suitable for those with stomach pain caused by “fire,” summer-heat diarrhea, fetal restlessness due to blood heat, rectal prolapse due to qi deficiency, cough due to lung heat, lung fullness due to qi deficiency, or heat due to yin deficiency).
Ginger Juice and Amomum Drink
Herbal Tea Name: Ginger Juice and Amomum Drink
Chinese Name: 姜汁砂仁饮
Formula
20 grams of ginger juice, 4 grams of amomum.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Decoct the amomum with water for 4 minutes, strain the liquid, and mix in the ginger juice to complete the preparation.
Efficacy
Revitalizes the spleen, dispels stagnant qi, disperses cold fluid, and warms the liver and kidneys. Suitable for acute gastritis (not suitable for those with stomach pain caused by “fire,” summer-heat diarrhea, fetal restlessness due to blood heat, rectal prolapse due to qi deficiency, cough due to lung heat, lung fullness due to qi deficiency, or heat due to yin deficiency).
Usage
Take one dose daily, divided into several servings.
Commentary
Ginger juice (Sheng-jiang-zhi) holds the chief position in this formula; warm and pungent in character, its action follows the Lung, Spleen, Stomach meridians, working chiefly to disperse cold and stop vomiting. Amomum (Sha-ren) stands in the deputy (minister) seat, pungent-warm in property, acting through the Spleen, Stomach, Kidney meridians to move qi, warm the middle, resolve dampness and stop vomiting. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. United, the ingredients revitalizes the spleen, dispel stagnant qi, disperse cold fluid, warm the liver and kidneys, addressing the root disturbance of the qi deficiency and yin deficiency pattern.