Decoction to Assist Fire and Nourish Earth

Decoction to Assist Fire and Nourish Earth,For spleen deficiency resulting in impaired transformation and transportation, causing a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest; over time, this solidifies into a mass—neither quite a mass nor a mass, neither quite a mass of stagnation nor a mass of stagnation—manifesting as aversion to food, a constant feeling of hunger despite eating, a sallow and gaunt complexion, and a daily wasting of the limbs.

Formulas Name : Decoction to Assist Fire and Nourish Earth

Chinese Name : 助火生土汤

Drug Formulation

3 qian of ginseng, 5 qian of white atractylodes, 5 qian of astragalus, 3 qian of poria, 1 qian of licorice, 1 qian of cinnamon bark, 5 qian of morinda root, 0.5 fen of acorus, 10 hawthorn fruits, 0.5 fen of shenqu, and 0.8 fen of polygala.

Source

From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.

Benefits

For spleen deficiency resulting in impaired transformation and transportation, causing a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest; over time, this solidifies into a mass—neither quite a mass nor a mass, neither quite a mass of stagnation nor a mass of stagnation—manifesting as aversion to food, a constant feeling of hunger despite eating, a sallow and gaunt complexion, and a daily wasting of the limbs.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally.

Decoction to Assist Fire and Nourish Earth,From *Records of Differentiation of Syndromes*, Volume 8.,For spleen deficiency resulting in impaired transformation and transportation, causing a sensation of fullness and oppression in the chest; over time, this solidifies into a mass—neither quite a mass nor a mass, neither quite a mass of stagnation nor a mass of stagnation—manifesting as aversion to food, a constant feeling of hunger despite eating, a sallow and gaunt complexion, and a daily wasting of the limbs.

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