【Source】
《Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang (1110 AD)》, 《Yi Tong (1556 AD)》 Volume 76.
【Ingredients】
Cang Zhu (Atractylodes lancea), Ju Pi (Citrus peel), Ban Xia (Pinellia rhizome) Qu, Hou Po (Magnolia bark), Huo Xiang (Patchouli), Gan Cao (Licorice root), Sheng Jiang (Fresh ginger), Da Zao (Jujube)
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【Category】
<Regulating Qi>: Ju Pi (Citrus peel)
<Tonifying Spleen and Middle Jiao>: Gan Cao (Licorice root), Da Zao (Jujube)
<Releasing Exterior with Acrid and Warm Herbs>: Sheng Jiang (Fresh ginger)
<Aromatically Transforming Dampness>: Cang Zhu (Atractylodes lancea), Hou Po (Magnolia bark), Huo Xiang (Patchouli)
<Resolving Phlegm>: Ban Xia (Pinellia rhizome) Qu
【Formula Explanation】
《Han Dian》: Bu Huan Jin Zheng Qi San is Ping Wei San plus Huo Xiang and Ban Xia. It is used for the syndrome of Ping Wei San, but also with external contraction.
【Function】
Regulates the spleen and stomach, eliminates pestilence and resolves accumulation.
【Indication】
Seasonal cold damage, epidemic febrile diseases, internal retention of damp turbidity, combined with external contraction, seasonal common cold, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, alternating chills and fever, phlegm malaria with food stagnation, headache with high fever, lumbar and back stiffness, disharmony of the spleen and stomach, cold deficiency or heat in the viscera, red and white dysentery, pestilence seasonal qi, mountain miasma. Five diaphragm qi obstruction, cough with phlegm, shortness of breath on walking.
【Mnemonic】
Ping Wei San + rural song (xiang xia qu) — can be cured, no need to exchange for gold.
【Pharmacology】
It can enhance the digestive, absorptive and motor functions of the gastrointestinal tract, improve water and electrolyte balance, thereby helping to transform dampness, invigorate the spleen, and eliminate various symptoms of damp obstruction syndrome.