Shen Qu [1]

Posted by : admin on Feb 23, 2008 - 01:48 AM
Chinese Medicine Herbs / Relieve Food Stagnation [2]

1 TASTE
Sweet, pungent and warm


2 MERIDIANS
spleen and stomach


3 FUNCTIONS
To eliminate food retention and harmonize the stomach


4 INDICATIONS
Retention of food manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, no appetite, gurgling sound (Shan Zha [3]) and Germinated barley (Mai Ya [4]).


5 DOSAGE
6-15 g


Shen Qu

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