What are the effects and functions of Liujunzi Decoction?

When using Liujunzi Decoction, one must pay attention to understanding its formula, because different components and formulas will achieve different effects. For example, the combination of ginseng, licorice, white poria, and tangerine peel can strengthen the spleen and replenish qi, invigorate qi, and resolve phlegm.

Fang Yi

[Source] Volume 5 of "The Effective Prescriptions of Doctors in the World".

【Ingredients】Ginseng (stalk removed), licorice (roasted), white poria (peeled), atractylodes (stalk removed), tangerine peel, and pinellia, in equal parts

【Usage】File into powder. Take 9 grams each time, boil with 150 ml of water until 100 ml remains, and take at any time.

【Function】Strengthen the spleen and replenish Qi, harmonize the stomach and resolve phlegm.

[Indications] Weak spleen and stomach, yellow face and thin body, or long-term malaria and dysentery, loss of appetite, or vomiting and diarrhea, indigestion, or occasional food stagnation, or the mother has the above symptoms and the child suffers from the disease.

Fang Er

【Name】Liujunzi Decoction

【Ingredients】Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Pinellia ternata, Tangerine peel, Roasted licorice, Shenqu, Hawthorn, and Malt.

[Source] Volume 8 of "Songya Zunsheng".

【Indications】Weak spleen. I felt sleepy and wanted to sleep as soon as I finished eating.

Fang San

【Name】Liujunzi Decoction

[Ingredients] Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Licorice, Pinellia tuber, and Myricetin in equal parts.

[Source] Volume 11 of "Zhu's Collection of Effective Prescriptions".

[Indications] Spleen deficiency and weak stomach, wind-induced fatigue.

【Usage】Grind the above into powder. Add 7 cups of water and a few winter melon seeds, and boil them together.

Fang Si

【Name】Liujunzi Decoction

【Ingredients】Ginseng, Atractylodes macrocephala, Poria cocos, Licorice, Amomum villosum, Tangerine peel (one recipe adds Pinellia ternata).

[Source] Volume 4 of "Dan Xi's Heart Method".

[Indications] Inharmonious spleen and stomach, loss of appetite, upper body dryness and lower body coldness, and inability to take hot medicines.

[Usage] Add 3 slices of ginger and 1 jujube, decoct in water and drink.