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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 Dosage: 9 – 15g.
Hawthorn Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Fruit -reduces & guides out food stagnation
-transforms blood stasis - dissipates clumps
-hypertension
Mai Ya Properties: SWEET - NEUTRAL Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Barley Sprout Meridian: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Malt -reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-inhibit lactation (30g raw + 30g cooked = 60g decoction)
-regulates liver Qi
Gu Ya Properties: SWEET - NEUTRAL Dosage: 9 – 15g.
Rice Sprout Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-stagnation caused by starchy food
Shen Gu Properties: SWEET, PUNGENT - WARM Dosage: 6 – 15g.
Medicated Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH
Leaven -reduce food stagnation, strengthen stomach
-aids in mineral digestion and absorption
-excess alcohol / wheat ingestion causing stagnation
Lai Fu Zi Properties: PUNGENT, SWEET - NEUTRAL Dosage: 6 – 12g.
Radish/Turnip Meridian: LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Seeds -reduce food stagnation, transform accumulations (raw)
-caused lung Qi to descend, cough with damp phlegm (dry-fried)
Ji Nei Jin Properties: SWEET - NEUTRAL Dosage: 3 – 9g.
Chicken Gizzard Meridian: BLADDER, SMALL INTESTINE, SPLEEN, STOMACH
(stomach lining) -strongly reduce food stagnation, improves spleen transport
-Malnutrition in children
-secures kidney essence, stop enuresis
-transform hardness – gallbladder/bladder/kidney STONES
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