Semixia Diarrhea Heart Soup

Half Xia Laxing Xin Tang is a Chinese medicine formula that treats lumps caused by a mixture of cold and heat (both cold and heat symptoms occurring in the same patient). This formula is mainly composed of Chinese herbal medicines such as Pinellia, Scutellaria, Rhizoma Coptidis, Ginger, Ginseng and Jujubes, which have the efficacy of calming and regulating cold and heat, eliminating lumps and dispersing stagnation and treating lumps caused by the combination of cold and heat, which are seen as lumps in the lower part of the heart (mainly referring to the distension of the stomach), but fullness without pain, vomiting, and bowel sounds and discharging of bowels. The adverse effects and contraindications of this formula are not clear, and it should not be used if the plumpness under the heart is caused by qi stagnation or food stagnation (indigestion of food and its accumulation in the stomach). The specific use of this formula should also be under the guidance of physician’s diagnosis, and should not be used on its own to avoid adverse effects.