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Decoction for Digesting Food and Nourishing the Spleen

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Decoction for Digesting Food and Nourishing the Spleen,Indigestion.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Digesting Food and Nourishing the Spleen

Chinese Name : 化食养脾汤

Drug Formulation

1 qian of ginseng, 1 qian of white poria, 1 qian of tangerine peel, 1 qian of pinellia, 1 qian of roasted shenqu, 1 qian of roasted barley malt, 1 qian of hawthorn, 8 fen of amomum, 3 fen of licorice, 1.5 qian of white atractylodes.

Source

From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 13.

Benefits

Indigestion.

Instructions for Use

Add 3 zhong of water and 3 slices of fresh ginger; decoct until reduced to 8 fen; take after a meal.

Decoction for Digesting Food and Nourishing the Spleen,From *The Mystic Pearl of Chishui*, Volume 13.,Indigestion.

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