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Liver-Soothing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction,For chronic, protracted hepatitis with persistently elevated transaminase levels, classified as the “Liver-Stomach Disharmony” pattern. Symptoms include nausea and the urge to vomit, hiccups and belching, epigastric distension and fullness after meals, occasional epigastric pain, shooting pain in the flanks, aversion to greasy foods, stools that are alternately dry and loose, a string-like and slippery pulse, and a white or yellow tongue coating.

Formulas Name : Liver-Soothing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction

Chinese Name : 舒肝和胃汤

Drug Formulation

3 qian of Inula flower, 3 qian of raw hematite, 3 qian of patchouli, 3 qian of agastache, 3 qian of roasted Atractylodes macrocephala, 3 qian of wine-processed Scutellaria baicalensis, 4 qian of white peony root, 3 qian of Chinese angelica root, 2 qian of cardamom, and 3 qian of cyperus.

Source

Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.

Benefits

For chronic, protracted hepatitis with persistently elevated transaminase levels, classified as the “Liver-Stomach Disharmony” pattern. Symptoms include nausea and the urge to vomit, hiccups and belching, epigastric distension and fullness after meals, occasional epigastric pain, shooting pain in the flanks, aversion to greasy foods, stools that are alternately dry and loose, a string-like and slippery pulse, and a white or yellow tongue coating.

Liver-Soothing and Stomach-Harmonizing Decoction,Formula by Guan Youbo, cited in *Selected Readings from Original Works of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,For chronic, protracted hepatitis with persistently elevated transaminase levels, classified as the “Liver-Stomach Disharmony” pattern. Symptoms include nausea and the urge to vomit, hiccups and belching, epigastric distension and fullness after meals, occasional epigastric pain, shooting pain in the flanks, aversion to greasy foods, stools that are alternately dry and loose, a string-like and slippery pulse, and a white or yellow tongue coating.

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