Shan Zha [1]

1 TASTE
Sour, sweet and slightly warm

2 MERIDIANS
Spleen, stomach and liver

3 FUNCTIONS
1. To eliminate food retention; 2. To invigorate blood circulation and remove stagnation

4 INDICATIONS
1. Food retention (especially of fatty food) accompanied by abdominal and epigastric distension, pain and Diarrhea [3],. Hawthorn fruit (Shan Zha [4]) is used with Medicated leaven (Shen Qu [5]), Germinated barley (Mai Ya [6]), Costus root (Mu Xiang [7]) and Bitter orange (Zhiqiao).2. Postpartum abdominal pain and lochia due to blood (Dang Gui [8]), Chuan Xiong [9] rhizome (Chuanxiong) and Motherwort (Yi Mu Cao [10]).

5 DOSAGE
0-15 g