Composition of Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction is a prescription that comes from Synopsis of the Golden Chamber. The key ingredients in the recipe include Scutellaria baicalensis, cinnamon twig, red peony root, ginger slices, etc. It focuses on regulating the stomach and is the main prescription for treating stomach pain caused by yin deficiency and internal heat. It is used for qi deficiency, internal cold, abdominal cramps and pain, preference for warmth and comfort, night sweats, and weak pulse.

There are also patients with stomachache that cannot be treated promptly or is not treated well, resulting in a mixture of heat and cold. They generally have hard and lumpy stomach and wrist, dry belching and food odor, diarrhea in the abdomen, yellow and white tongue coating, and deep and rapid pulse. They can be treated with the Ginger Xiexin Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases, which uses pungent herbs to open up the stomach and bitter herbs to descend, harmonize the stomach and eliminate the lumps. It can be used to treat indigestion caused by stomach heat and cold intestines or stomach cold and hot intestines, and by people with mental retardation in digestion and absorption. However, it is necessary to carefully distinguish the dominance of heat and cold, and adjust the dosage of ginger and coptis just right, in order to achieve the expected effect.

Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction Secret Recipe

15g Scutellaria baicalensis, 3g cinnamon twig, 6g red peony root, 3g ginger slices, 2g roasted licorice root, 12g red dates, and about 10g maltose. (Based on the original prescription ratio)

Preparation method of Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

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Boil six kinds of herbs including Scutellaria baicalensis in water to extract juice, add maltose and wait for it to melt before consuming.

Effects of Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Our prescription uses Scutellaria baicalensis, red dates, and licorice to strengthen the spleen and nourish blood, cinnamon twigs and ginger slices to warm the yang and dispel cold, red peony root to relieve pain, and maltose to strengthen the spleen and relieve urgency.

Interaction: If you have heartburn, you can take maltose and add Evodia rutaecarpa to warm the liver and stomach to reduce acidity. You can also add water chestnuts. If there is a lot of cold water vomited, you can add roasted ginger, poria, pinellia, coix seed, etc. to warm the stomach and eliminate the water. If the yang and yin are deficient and the internal heat is severe with severe pain, Dajianzhong Decoction can be used to build up kidney Qi, or Lizhong Pills can be used to warm the middle and dispel the cold. When the middle yang is able to circulate, the dampness will dissipate and all symptoms will be eliminated. If the symptoms of cold are not obvious and the main problem is spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, Xiangsha Liujunzi Decoction can be used to strengthen the spleen and blood, regulate qi and harmonize the stomach.

Explanation of Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction adds Scutellaria baicalensis to Xiao Jianzhong Decoction to enhance its blood-nourishing and middle-strengthening effects, causing Yang to grow and Yin to develop, and all symptoms of deficiency and insufficiency to disappear.

Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction

Ye Tianshi, a famous Chinese medicine expert on febrile diseases in the Qing Dynasty who wrote "On Warm and Rejuvenating Diseases", put forward specific conditions for Huangqi Jianzhong Decoction to treat asthenia:

1. Loss of weight due to long-term illness;

2. Poor appetite, alternating chills and fevers, shortness of breath, and easy sweating;

3. Weak pulse;

4. History of overwork;

5. Not suitable for people with Yin deficiency and excess fire.