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Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang 真人养脏汤
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)

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) **

Latin
Panax ginseng
Atractylodes macrocephala
Cinnamomum cassia
Myristica fragrans
Terminalia chebula
Papaveris somnifera
Paeonia lactiflora
Angelica sinensis
Saussurea lappa
Glycyrrhiza uralensis

Amount
18 grams (3)
18 grams (9)
24 grams (3)
15 grams (9)
36 grams (6)
108 grams (6)
48 grams (9)
18 grams (6)
42 grams (6)
24 grams
(3)

* 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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