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Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang 真人养脏汤
True Man's Decoction to Nourish the Organs
True Man's Decoction to Nourish the Organs
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang)
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Herb Name
Ren Shen (Ginseng)
Bai Zhu (Atractylodes) Rou Gui (Cinnamon) Rou Dou Kou (Nutmeg) * He Zi (Chebula) Ying Su Ke (Poppy capule) ** Bai Shao (White Peony) Dang Gui (Chinese Angelica) Mu Xiang (Costus) Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) ** |
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* Nutmeg is dried-fried until slightly scorched
** Poppy capsules and Licorice are Honey-fried
Preparation:
Powder.
It is also prepared as a decotion using doses (in grams) given in brackets. Doses of individual herbs can be increased as needed.
Function:
Warms the Spleen, Increases Qi, Stops Leakage
Use:
Chronic Diarrhea, abdominal pain relieved by warmth, fatigue, poor appetite, pale tongue with white coat, slow pulse.
1. Chronic severe Diarrhea
2. Chronic severe Dysentery
3. Chronic Colitis, Chronic Enteritis
4. Irritable Bowels Syndrome
5. Ulcerative Colitis
6. Crohn's Disease
Dose:
Powder: take 6 grams as a draft before meals.
The decoction can be divided into three equal doses to be taken before food during the day.
Cautions:
1. Not used for acute Heat-type or Damp-Heat-type Diarrhea with burning, foul-smelling stool.
2. Avoid alcohol, fish, cold, raw and oily foods while taking this formula.
Modifications:
1. Diarrhea from more severe Yang deficiency, add Ginger (Gan Jiang) and Aconitum Fu Zi.
2. More severe Cold, take with Li Zhong Wan
3. Chronic Colitis, add Red Earth (Chi Shi Zhi)
4. With Rectal Prolapse, take with Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang.
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