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Amomum Splenic Beverage

缩脾饮 〔縮脾飲〕 suō pí yǐn

Source: Hé Jì Jú Fāng 和剂局方

Ingredients

Actions: Warms the spleen and checks retching; clears summerheat and percolates dampness.

Indications: Yīn summerheat (i.e., summerheat-damp) with spleen damp, characterized by generalized heat effusion, oppression in the chest, abdominal distension, rumbling intestines, retching or vomiting, vexation and thirst, and heavy-headedness. Tongue fur: White and slimy. Pulse: Soggy and moderate.

Rationale: Shā rén and Cǎo guǒ are aromatic agents that transform spleen dampness, warm the spleen, and check vomiting. Bái biǎn dòu acts with Shā rén to fortify the spleen and stomach, and also to resolve summerheat and transform dampness. Gé gēn both resolves summerheat-heat and boosts stomach qì. Bboosting qì is beneficial to patients suffering from summerheat, c.f., qingshuyiqitang. Wū méi acts with Gān cǎo on the principle of sweet and sour yīn formation, eliminating vexation and allaying thirst. These two agents are therefore good in the case of when vomiting causes damage to liquid or when the summerheat damages qì and yīn. Wū méi also works with Shā rén and Cǎo guǒ to check vomiting and retching.

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