Li Zhong Tang (Ren Shen Tang)
Ingredients: Oriental ginseng root (ren shen), Atractylodes root (bai zhu), Dry ginger root (gan jiang), Chinese licorice root (zhi gan cao).
| Mandarin: 理中湯 (人參湯) Pin-Yin: Li Zhong Tang (Ren Shen Tang) English: Ginseng & Ginger Combination Romaji: Ninjin To (Richu To) Kanji: 理中湯 (人参湯) Kampo: Yes |
Source:
- Discussion of Cold Damage (Shang Han Lun, 206)
How it works:
- Brings warmth to the spleen and stomach
- Dispels cold
- Tonifies the qi
- Fortifies the spleen
Clinical Applications:
- Deficiency in the spleen yang
- Cold in the stomach and small intestine
- Deficiency in the middle burner yang
This 2000-year-old formula was developed by the renowned Han dynasty physician Zhang Zhongjing. Li Zhong Tang is used to treat deficiency in the spleen yang, cold in the stomach and small intestine, and deficiency in the middle burner yang by bringing warmth to the spleen and stomach, dispelling cold, tonifying the qi, and fortifying the spleen.
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English Name |
Pin-Yin Name |
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Ginseng Root |
Ren Shen |
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Atractylodes Root |
Bai Zhu |
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Dry Ginger Root |
Gan Jiang |
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Licorice Root |
Gan Cao |
Main Ingredient(s):
In this formula, Ginseng fortifies yang, tonifies yuan qi, and harmonizes the middle burner and Ginger brings warmth to the spleen and stomach and expels interior cold.