Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Nowadays, many Chinese medicine pharmacies are no longer confidential. In ancient times, many Chinese medicine families had their own unique secret recipes. With the advent of the information sharing era of reform and opening up, the publication of prescriptions can better treat people's diseases. Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction is a prescription for treating stomach discomfort. If you want to use this prescription to treat stomach problems, you can add or subtract ingredients to Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction according to the condition of the disease to achieve the effect of treating the disease with the right medicine.

1. Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction is a prescription originated from the Golden Chamber. The main ingredients include astragalus, cinnamon twig, white peony root, ginger, etc. It focuses on warming the spleen and stomach. It is the main prescription for treating stomach pain caused by deficiency and cold. It is used for qi deficiency and internal cold, abdominal cramps and pain, preference for warmth and comfort, spontaneous sweating, and weak pulse.

There are also patients who fail to treat stomach pain in time or improperly, resulting in a mixture of cold and heat. Common symptoms include hard and lumpy feeling in the stomach, dry belching with food odor, thundering sound in the abdomen and diarrhea, yellow and white tongue coating, and stringy and rapid pulse. They can be treated with the Licorice Decoction for Clearing the Heart in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which uses its pungent properties to open up the stomach and its bitter properties to descend, harmonize the stomach and eliminate the lumps. It is suitable for indigestion caused by stomach heat and cold intestines or stomach cold and heat intestinals, as well as for people with absorption disorders. However, it is necessary to carefully distinguish the dominance of cold and heat, and adjust the dosage of ginger and coptis just right to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

Prescription song: Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction adds astragalus to Xiao Jianzhong Decoction to enhance the effect of replenishing Qi and strengthening the Zhong, causing Yang to grow and Yin to thrive, and all symptoms of deficiency and insufficiency will be eliminated.

Meaning of the prescription: This prescription uses astragalus, jujube, and licorice to nourish the spleen and replenish qi, cinnamon twig and ginger to warm the yang and dispel cold, white peony root to relieve pain, and maltose to nourish the spleen and relieve urgency. It focuses on warming the spleen and stomach, and is the main prescription for treating stomach pain caused by deficiency and cold. It is used for qi deficiency and internal cold, abdominal cramps and pain, preference for warmth and comfort, spontaneous sweating, and weak pulse.

2. Usage and Dosage of Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Ingredients: 15g of Astragalus, 10 jujubes, 15g of white peony root, 10g each of cinnamon twig, ginger and licorice, and 50g of maltose.

Usage: Boil six kinds of ingredients including astragalus in water to extract juice, add malt sugar and drink after it dissolves.

Additions and subtractions: If the patient suffers from heartburn, you can remove the maltose and add Evodia rutaecarpa to warm the liver and stomach to reduce acidity. You can also add Corrugated seeds. For those who vomit a lot of clear water, add dried ginger, tangerine peel, pinellia, poria, etc. to warm the stomach and eliminate the water. If the pain is severe due to yang deficiency and cold, you can use Dajianzhong Decoction to build up the middle Qi, or Lizhong Pills to warm the middle and dispel the cold. When the middle Yang is able to function, the cold evil will dissipate and all symptoms will be eliminated. If the symptoms of cold are not obvious and the main problem is spleen and stomach weakness, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction can be used to replenish qi and strengthen the spleen, promote qi circulation and harmonize the stomach.