Herbs that Relieve Food Stagnation Flashcards
Shan Zha
sour, sweet, slightly warm
LV, SP, ST
9-12
1. Reduces food stagnation and transforms accumulation (accumulation d.t meat or greasy foods)
2. Transforms blood stasis and dissipates clumps (post-partum abdominal pain and clumps d/t blood stasis. Also, bulging disorders)
3. Stop diarrhea (chronic dysentery like disorders)
4. Hypertension, coronary artery disease and elevated cholesterol)
Shen Qi
sweet, acrid, warm
SP, ST
6-15
1. Reduces food stagnation and harmonizes the ST (st cold with food stagnation or accumulation)
2. Added to pills that contain minerals to aid their digestion and absorption
Mai Ya
sweet, neutral
LV, SP, ST
9-15 (30-60 restarting lactation)
1. Reduces food stagnation and strengthens the ST (poor digestion d/t stagnation and accumulation of undigestioed starchy foods as well as poorly digested milk in infants.)
2. Restrains lactation (women who are discontinuing nursing, distended and painful breasts)
3. Facilitates the smooth flow of LV qi (constrained LV qi manifesting as stifling sensation and distention in the epigastrum or ribs)
Su Ya
sweet, warm
Sp, ST
9-15
1. Reduces food stagnation and strengthens the ST (poor digestion d/t stagnation and accumulation of undigested starchy foods)
Lai Fu Zi
acrid, sweet, neutral
LU, SP, ST
4.5-9 (crush prior to use)
1. Reduces food stagnation and eliminates distention (food stagnation accumulating in the middle burner)
2. Causes qi to descend and reduces phlegm (chronic productive cough or wheezing. Esp in cases of excess)
3. Hypertension
Ji Nei Jin
sweet, neutral
BL, SI, SP, ST
3-9
Strongly reduces food stagnation and improves the SP’s transportive function (various types of food stagnation)
2. Secures the essence and stops enuresis (bed wetting, urinary frequency, urination at night)
3. Transforms hardness and dissolves stones (stones in either the urinary or biliary tract)
