Downward-draining formulas
Wen pi tang
Warm the Spleen Decoction
- Chinese name
- 温脾汤
- Group
- Downward-draining formulas
- English name
- Spleen Warming Decoction
Laxative; strengthens the spleen yang and clears accumulated cold.
Indications
For chronic constipation or diarrhoea from spleen yang deficiency, with dysentery with pus or blood, abdominal pain and cold limbs.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rhubarb root (da huang) | 6–9 g |
| Prepared aconite (fu zi)toxic | no amount |
| Ginseng (ren shen) | 6 g |
| Dried ginger (gan jiang) | 6 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 3 g |
- Tongue
- pale with a white coating
- Pulse
- deep, wiry
Variations
- For acute abdominal pain: add cinnamon bark and mu xiang.
- For nausea and vomiting: add ban xia and sha ren.