Plum-Scented Stomach-Nourishing Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Plum-Scented Stomach-Nourishing Decoction

Chinese Name: 梅香养胃饮

Formula

10 g of black plum, 6 g of Wood Fragrance, and 10 g of Ophiopogon.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Wash the black plums, Wood Fragrance, and Ophiopogon, place them together in a clay pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and boil over medium heat for 15 minutes. Strain through clean cheesecloth, discard the residue, and keep the liquid.

Efficacy

Nourishes the stomach, promotes fluid production, regulates qi, and relieves pain. Suitable for atrophic gastritis with low stomach acid.

Usage

Take once daily while hot; a course of treatment consists of 6 consecutive days.

Commentary

Taking black plum (Wu-mei) as the leading herb, the formula draws on its sour, astringent flavor and neutral property: it enters the Liver, Spleen, Lung, Large Intestine meridians and works to astringe the lung, check diarrhea, generate fluids and relieve pain. Wood Fragrance (Mu-xiang) fills the deputy position. Pungent, bitter-warm in property, it enters the Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, Triple Burner, Gallbladder meridians and works to move qi, relieve pain and promote digestion. Ophiopogon (Mai-dong) adds further support, working to nourish yin and moisten the lung. No dedicated envoy herb appears in this recipe, the actions being balanced among the active ingredients themselves. The overall effect is to nourish the stomach, promote fluid production, regulate qi, relieve pain, restoring balance within the chronic gastritis framework.

Plum-Scented Stomach-Nourishing Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Nourishes the stomach, promotes fluid production, regulates qi, and relieves pain. Suitable for atrophic gastritis with low stomach acid.

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