Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang

Ingredients: Cinnamon twig (gui zhi), White peony root (bai shao), Astragalus root (huang qi), Chinese licorice root (gan cao), Jujube fruit (da zao), Ginger root (sheng jiang), Maltose (jiao yi).

Source:

• Essentials from the Golden Cabinet (Jin Gui Yao Lue, 206)

How it works:

• Brings warmth to the middle
• Tonifies deficiency
• Harmonizes the interior

Clinical Applications:

• Severe qi deficiency
• Consumptive deficiency with spasmodic abdominal pain

This 2000-year-old formula was developed by the renowned Han dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang is used to treat consumptive deficiency with spasmodic abdominal pain, associated with a severe qi deficiency, by warming the middle, tonifying the deficiency, and harmonizing the interior.

Main Ingredient(s):

In this formula, Astragalus replenishes the qi, strengthens the spleen, raises the spleen yang, and consolidates wei.