Xiao Jianzhong Tang has the effect of warming the middle and tonifying the deficiency, harmonizing the interior and easing the urgency, and is suitable for people with symptoms of coldness in the spleen and stomach, pain in the epigastric region, and deficiency of qi and blood.
Xiao Jianzhong Tang is a warming formula from the Treatise on Typhoid Fever. The main ingredients are cinnamon sticks, licorice, jujube, peony, ginger and caramel, which are effective in warming the middle and tonifying the deficiency, harmonizing the interior and easing the urgency. It is mainly used for treating the pain in the epigastrium and stomach caused by deficiency of cold in the middle jiao and disharmony between the liver and spleen, like warmth and pressure, pale face, fatigue, palpitation of the heart, and dryness of the mouth and throat, etc. The formula is suitable for people with deficiency of Qi and blood.
Among them, caramel with gui zhi, pungent and sweet yang (meaning that pungent and sweet medicines have the effect of benefiting yang), warming the middle Jiao and tonifying spleen deficiency; peony with licorice, sour and sweet yin (meaning that acidic herbs and sweet medicines are used together to nourish yin and nourish blood, and produce fluid and tonify the body), easing the liver’s urgency to stop the pain in the abdomen; ginger is used to warm the stomach and dissipate cold, and jujube to tonify the spleen and benefit the qi.
The combination of the six medicines warms the middle and nourishes the deficiency to ease the pain, and implies the intention of softening the liver and regulating the spleen, benefiting the yin and yang, which can make the middle qi strong and healthy, and the yin and yang and qi and blood have a source of biochemistry.
Xiao Jian Zhong Tang is a warming agent and is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and fire exuberance, vomiting and abdominal distension. During the period of taking the medicine, one should eat a light diet and avoid spicy and stimulating food to avoid fire and other symptoms; if diarrhea, dry stools, dry throat and dry mouth occur during the period of taking the medicine, one should stop taking the medicine and consult a doctor in time.
If the symptoms are not relieved after 2 weeks of taking the medicine, you should go to the hospital. Before taking Xiao Jianzhong Tang, you need to ask a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner to identify the symptoms and standardize the treatment under the guidance of the doctor, do not take the medicine on your own, so as not to delay the condition.