助消导药

The herbs in this category will reduce, dissolve or guide out stagnated food in the middle burner and digestive tract.　Food and other accumulations represents themselves as abdominal masses, abdominal distention with possible abdominal pain.　There are both hot type and cold type of stagnation.　Hot type of stagnation will have halitosis and a distended abdomen aggravated by heat.　Cold type stagnation will not have halitosis and the abdominal pain will be relieved or ameliorated by heat.　

Shan Zha Properties: SWEET, SOUR　- WARM
山楂 　　　　　Dosage: 9 – 15g.
Hawthorn Fruit Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduces & guides out food stagnation
-transforms blood stasis - dissipates clumps
-hypertension

Mai Ya Properties: SWEET　- NEUTRAL
麦芽　　　　　　Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Barley Sprout Malt Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-inhibit lactation (30g raw + 30g cooked = 60g decoction)
-regulates liver Qi

Gu Ya Properties: SWEET　- NEUTRAL
谷芽　　　　　　Dosage: 9 – 15g.
Rice Sprout Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-stagnation caused by starchy food


Shen Qu Properties: SWEET, PUNGENT　- WARM
神曲 　　　　　　　　　　Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Medicated Leaven 　　　Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-aids in mineral digestion and absorption
-excess alcohol / wheat ingestion causing stagnation

Lai Fu Zi Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET　- NEUTRAL
莱菔子 　　　　　　　　　　Dosage: 6 – 12g.
Radish/Turnip Seeds Meridian: LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, transform accumulations (raw)
-caused lung Qi to descend, cough with damp phlegm (dry-fried)

Ji Nei Jin Properties: SWEET　- NEUTRAL
鸡内金 　　　　　　　　　　Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Chicken Gizzard(stomach lining) Meridian: BLADDER, SMALL INTESTINE, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-strongly reduce food stagnation, improves spleen transport
-Malnutrition in children
-secures kidney essence, stop enuresis
-transform hardness – gallbladder/bladder/kidney STONES