The Difference Between a Hype and a Divine Comedy

Fried Shenquan is formed by frying and baking Shenquan. Its efficacy is basically the same, and it is suitable to be fried and burnt for food elimination. According to Chinese medicine, Shenqu is sweet, pungent and warm in nature, and enters the spleen and stomach meridians. Shenqu has the efficacy of eliminating food stagnation (digesting stagnant food), strengthening the spleen and stomach (restoring the functions of the spleen and stomach), and is mainly used to treat diseases caused by dietary stagnation, such as inappetence, abdominal distension, and warming up and swallowing acid (swallowing the acid that goes up to the mouth and throat from the stomach), etc. It is usually recommended to be fried. It is usually used in the treatment of food stagnation, especially when it is fried and used together with hawthorn and malt to form Jiao San Xian (焦三仙), which is used in medicine. It should be noted that, according to the description in “The Classic of the Materia Medica”, “it should not be used in cases of deficiency of spleen yin and stomach fire, and it can bring down the fetus, so pregnant women are advised to consume it sparingly”. When discomfort occurs, one should consult a doctor and choose medication under his/her guidance, rather than self-medicating.