San Ren Tang Formulas

San Ren Tang is composed of slippery stone, cardamom kernel, Tong Cao, Hou Pu, bamboo leaf, almonds, half-summer, and raw Semen Coix Seed. San Ren Tang is from “Articles on Warm Diseases”. The efficacy of this formula is to promote the flow of qi, clearing dampness and heat, and treating summer temperature with dampness and stagnation of dampness more than heat, or dampness and temperature (warmth caused by feeling dampness and heat) at the beginning of the disease, with headache and cold (fear of cold), yellowish color, chest tightness, no hunger, body weight and pain, body fatigue, and afternoon body heat, etc. The formula contains slippery stone, which can clear heat and benefit the body, and is also useful for the treatment of summer temperature. In this formula, talc can remove heat and dampness (remove heat and dampness in the body) and relieve summer heat; almonds can promote the lung qi in the upper burner; Coix lacryma can promote dampness and strengthen the spleen; cardamom kernel can aromatize and eliminate dampness, regulate qi and broaden the chest, and help dispel dampness in the middle burner of the spleen qi; bamboo leaves and Tongcao are sweet, cold and light, which can help talc to promote dampness and clear heat; Houpu and Semixia can move qi to remove fullness and eliminate dampness and the stomach. The combination of all the medicines together, together to play the function of declaring smooth qi, clearing dampness and heat. The adverse effects and contraindications of San Ren Tang are not clear. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended that it be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.