The statement that Xiao Jianzhong Tang has ten contraindications is wrong, the contraindications of Xiao Jianzhong Tang include patients with middle-fullness and vomiting, and patients with yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, with the appearance of hyperactive deficiency fire).
Xiao Jianzhong Tang is from “The Treatise on Typhoid Fever”, which is a class of warming formula. It is composed of Gui Zhi, Caramelized Sugar, Paeoniae Alba and other medicines, which have the effects of warming the middle Jiaozhong, tonifying the deficiency, harmonizing the li and easing the urgency. It can be used clinically to treat symptoms such as abdominal pain caused by deficiency and cold in the middle jiao, mental fatigue (mental exhaustion, physical weakness), shortness of breath, palpitation (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), colorless face, pale tongue and white moss.
For patients with Qi stagnation, Mu Xiang may be added; for patients with loose stools, Bai Zhu may be added.
The contraindications of this drug are patients with middle fullness and vomiting, Yin deficiency and fire, but there is no so-called top ten contraindications.
Patients need to use the drug, need to be under the guidance of the doctor, not unauthorized use of drugs.