Herbs That Relieve Food Stagnation

Question 0

Shan Zha (1+)

Answer 0

• reduces and guides out food stagnation (from meat or greasy foods with distention, pain and/or diarrhea)
• recently used for hypertension, CAD and increased cholesterol
  (hawthorn fruit)

Question 1

Name 5 herbs that relieve food stagnation

Answer 1

Shan Zha (1+)
Mai Ya 
Shen Qu (1+)
Ji Nei Jin
Lai Fu Zi (2+)

Question 2

Mai Ya (2)

Answer 2

• reduces food stagnation and strengthens ST (from starchy foods or milk in infants)
  (barley sprouts)

Question 3

Shen Qu (1+)

Answer 3

• is its own herbal formula (medicated leaven)

- reduces food stagnation, harmonizes ST

Question 4

Ji Nei Jin (2)

Answer 4

• important herb for childhood nutritional impairment (improves SP function)
• transforms hardness and dissolves stones
  (gizzard lining)
• think - chickens eating rocks, their lining must be good for digestion….

Question 5

Lai Fu Zi (2+)

Answer 5

• reduces food stagnation and transforms accumulation

radish seeds

Question 6

Which 3 herbs make up the formula 3 Fairies?

Answer 6

• Shan Zha
• Shen Qu
• Lai Fu Zi