What is the Chinese medicine Jiao San Xian?

There are many types of Chinese medicine, and many of them are not often seen. Especially some people who do not use traditional Chinese medicine to treat diseases, because their own health is very good, they do not know much about traditional Chinese medicine. Of course, some people are interested and think that Chinese medicine is magical. And study the ingredients. What is the Chinese medicine Jiao San Xian?

Jiao Sanxian is a general term for the combination of Jiao Shenqu, Jiao hawthorn and Jiao malt. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and appetite, digesting food and relieving stagnation. Jiao Shenqu tastes sweet and spicy, and has a warm nature. Enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Function: Strengthen the spleen and stomach, help digestion and regulate the middle. Used to treat food stagnation, chest and abdominal distension, vomiting and diarrhea, abdominal pain due to blood stasis after childbirth, and enlarged and hard abdomen in children. Scorched hawthorn tastes sour and sweet, has a slightly warm nature, and enters the spleen, stomach, and liver meridians. Functions: Helps digestion, invigorates the stomach, promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, astringes and stops diarrhea. It is used to treat meat accumulation, phlegm and fluid, fullness and acid regurgitation, diarrhea, intestinal wind, low back pain and hernia, postpartum occipital pain, lochia retention, and milk and food stagnation in children.

Roasted malt tastes sweet and has a neutral medicinal property. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Function: Promotes qi and aids digestion, strengthens the spleen and stimulates appetite, reduces lactation and relieves bloating. It is used for indigestion of food, abdominal distension and pain, spleen deficiency and poor appetite, milk stagnation, breast distension and pain, and weaning of women. The combination of these three herbs has the effect of digesting food accumulation and is suitable for symptoms such as loss of appetite, indigestion, and abdominal distension and fullness. Jiao Sanxian is often used in decoctions, or used alone as a decoction, 15 to 30 grams each time. Adding burnt betel nut to Jiao Sanxian becomes Jiao Sixian, which further enhances its effects of relieving gas and breaking up accumulation.

Jiao Sanxian is a product that can eliminate accumulation and relieve stagnation. It can help digest pasta and meat and relieve greasiness. Jiao malt is very effective in digesting starchy foods; Jiao Shanzha is good at treating food stagnation caused by too much meat or greasy food; Jiao Shenqu is beneficial for digesting rice and flour foods. The combination of these three medicines can significantly enhance digestive function. Therefore, in clinical practice, doctors often use these three medicines together and call them "Jiao Sanxian".