Xiao Jian Zhong Tang has the effect of harmonizing and tonifying the spleen and stomach to relieve pain. For specific treatment, the medicine should be administered only after the doctor has identified the symptoms in conjunction with the specific symptoms.
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang is mainly used to treat the symptoms of spleen and stomach deficiency cold (spleen and stomach weakness and cold), liver and spleen disorders, such as abdominal pain, which is sometimes light and sometimes heavy, likes warmth and pressure, tiredness, weakness of limbs, palpitation in the heart, restlessness caused by deficiency annoyance, soreness of limbs, and irritability and heat in the hands and feet (irritability and sultriness), and so on.
The composition and efficacy of the medicines are: caramel warms the middle and nourishes the deficiency, Gui Zhi helps Yang to expel cold, Paeonia lactiflora nourishes Yin and softens the liver to relieve pain (treating pain caused by deficiency of Liver-Yin and Liver-Blood), jujube and ginger nourish the Spleen and Stomach, and Radix glycyrrhiza glabra harmonizes the medicines (harmonizing the properties of different traditional Chinese medicines).
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang is a powerful tonic and should not be used by those who have vomiting or abdominal distension; it is also contraindicated for those who suffer from stomach pain due to yin deficiency (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, resulting in hyperactivity of deficiency fire).