Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

• If there are confusing signs of both Cold and Heat, such as Cold in the Stomach
  (vomiting of thin fluids, white coating in the centre) and Heat in the Intestines
  (borborygmi and yellow coating on the root), use Gan Cao Xie Xin Tang Glycyrrhiza
  Draining the Heart Decoction which includes the following:

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae 9 g

Gan Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis 6 g

Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis 6 g

Huang Lian Rhizoma Coptidis 3 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 12 g

Da Zao Fructus Ziziphi jujubae 4 dates

This formula benefits Qi, harmonizes the Stomach, relieves fullness and stops vomiting.
Although it is called "Draining the Heart Decoction", "Heart" here stands for the area under the
heart, i.e. the epigastrium.

Patent Remedies

Liu Jun Zi Pian
(Six Gentlemen Tablet)

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae

Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata

Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae

Ban Xia Rhizoma Pinelliae ternatae

Explanation

This very well-known tablet tonifies Stomach- and Spleen-Qi and resolves Dampness.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy would be a slightly Pale tongue body and a
thin, slightly sticky coating. The emphasis of this tablet is on tonifying Qi rather than resolving
Dampness.

Ren Shen Jian Pi Wan
(Ginseng Strengthening the Spleen Pill)

Ren Shen Radix Ginseng

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae