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Pin Yin: shen qu-
Common name: medicated leaven
Botanical family: [a prepared mixture of herbs]
Botanical name: consists of a dried mass of fermented mixture of wheat flour, fresh aerial parts of Artemesia annua, Xanthium sibiricum, Polygonum hydropiper, Phaseolus calcaratus, almond seed paste.
Primary action: Disperse Food Accumulation
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, acrid
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Disperses Food Accumulation and harmonizes Stomach in conditions of Cold
Stomach.
Also added to pills to aid assimilation of mineral supplements.
(See
Food Accumulation
;
Stomach Qi Stagnation
;
Stomach Vacuity Cold
.)
Dosage:
3-5 qian.
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