The combination of Atractylodes macrocephala, Gardenia jasminoides, Jujubae jujubae, Citrus aurantium, and Forsythia can be used to treat epigastric (stomach and abdomen) distension and fullness, and thoracic and hypochondriac (chest and ribcage area) pain.
Bran-fried Cangzhu is warm in nature, pungent and bitter in flavor, and can enter the liver meridian, stomach meridian and spleen meridian. It can be used to treat distension and pain in the epigastrium, dampness obstructing the middle Jiao (dampness obstructing the function of the spleen and stomach), diarrhea, edema and other conditions.
Fried gardenia taste bitter, can enter the San Jiao meridian, heart meridian, lung meridian. It can be used for treating heat disease and heartburn, eye redness and swelling pain, damp-heat jaundice, gonorrhea (increased frequency of urination, astringent pain of gonorrhea) and astringent pain, blood-heat epistaxis (vomiting blood and nosebleed due to blood-heat) and other illnesses.
Fried sour jujube kernel is flat in nature, sweet and sour in flavor, and can enter the liver meridian, heart meridian and gallbladder meridian. It can be used in treating conditions such as deficiency and insomnia, fluid damage and thirst, palpitation and dreaming, and excessive sweating.
Tangerine Luo is flat in nature and bitter in flavor, and can enter the spleen meridian and liver meridian. It can be used to treat phlegm-heat cough, chest pain, hemoptysis and other diseases.
Buddha’s hand is warm in nature, with pungent, bitter and sour flavor, and can enter the lung, spleen and liver meridians. It can be used to treat stagnation of Qi in the liver and stomach, chest and hypochondrium distension and pain, gastro-epigastric plumpness (stomach distension and discomfort), poor appetite and vomiting, and cough with excessive phlegm.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not known. Chinese medicine emphasizes on evidence-based treatment, please take the medication under the guidance of a professional doctor and do not take it on your own.