Single Herbs - Release Food Stagnation

Question 1

shan zha Hawthorn Fruit

fructus crataegi

Answer 1

Properties
: SWEET, SOUR - WARM
Dosage
: 9 – 15g.
Meridian
: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduces & guides out food stagnation – especially for meat and fat stag
-transforms blood stasis - dissipates clumps
-hypertension

Question 2

mai ya Barley Sprout

fructus germinatus hordei vulgaris

Answer 2

Properties
\: SWEET  - NEUTRAL                                   
Dosage
\: 6 – 15g.
Meridian
\: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Malt
            -reduce food stagnation, strengthen 
stomach
         -
inhibit lactation
 (30g raw + 30g cooked = 60g decoction)
        -regulates 
liver
 Qi

Question 3

gu ya Rice Sprout

fructus germinatus oryzae sativae

Answer 3

Properties
\: SWEET  - NEUTRAL                            
Dosage
\: 9 – 15g.
Meridian
\: SPLEEN, STOMACH
-reduce food stagnation, strengthen 
stomach
-stagnation caused by 
starchy food

Question 4

shen qu Leaven

massa medica fermentata

Answer 4

Properties
\: SWEET, PUNGENT  - WARM                                      
Dosage
\: 6 – 15g.
Medicated 
Meridian
\: SPLEEN, STOMACH
            -reduce food stagnation, strengthen 
stomach
                       -aids in mineral digestion and absorption
           -excess 
alcohol / wheat ingestion
 causing stagnation

Question 5

ji nei jin - Chicken Gizzard

en corneum gigeriae galli

Answer 5

Properties
\: SWEET  - NEUTRAL                        
Dosage
\: 3 – 9g.
Meridian
\: BLADDER, SMALL INTESTINE, SPLEEN, STOMACH
(stomach lining)    
-
strongly reduce food stagnation
, improves 
spleen
 transport
-Malnutrition in children
      -secures 
kidney
 essence, stop enuresis
      -transform hardness – 
gallbladder/bladder/kidney
STONES

Question 6

lai fu zi - Radish/Turnip

semen ralphani sativi

Answer 6

Properties
\: PUNGENT, SWEET  - NEUTRAL             
Dosage
\: 6 – 12g.
Meridian
\: LUNG, SPLEEN, STOMACH
Seeds
          -reduce food stagnation, transform accumulations 
(raw)
-caused 
lung Qi
 to descend, cough with damp phlegm 
(dry-fried

Question 7

Bao He Wan

Answer 7

(Shan Zha) Fructus Crataegi –CHIEF
(Shen Qu) Massa Medicata Fermentata –Deputy
(Shen Qu) Massa Medicata Fermentata –Deputy
(Zhi Ban Xia) Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae–Assist
(Zhi Ban Xia) Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae–Assist
(Fu Ling) Sclerotium Poriae Cocos –
(Fu Ling) Sclerotium Poriae Cocos –
(Chen Pi) Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
(Chen Pi) Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae
-
-
-Assist
-Assist
(Lian Qiao) Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae – clears
(Lian Qiao) Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae – clears
heat
heat
(Lai Fu Zi) Semen Raphani Sativi –Deputy
(Lai Fu Zi) Semen Raphani Sativi –Deputy
(Mai Ya) Fructus Hordei Germinatus (Hordeum
(Mai Ya) Fructus Hordei