Generally speaking, 10-15g of malt is sufficient when used to relieve the liver of depression (treating depression by unblocking the liver’s qi).
Malt is an antieating medicine with sweet taste and flat nature, which belongs to the spleen and stomach meridians and has the effects of dispersing liver qi, eliminating food, strengthening the spleen and stomach (restoring the functions of the spleen and stomach), restoring breast milk and eliminating flatulence. Among them, malt to 60g is used in frying for returning breast milk, and 10-15g for other effects can be decocted.
Raw malt may be used for coercive and rib pain, epigastric (abdominal) pain, and liver and stomach qi pain caused by liver depression and qi stagnation (poor qi and blood transportation of the liver and emotional depression), and may be combined with Chai Hu, Xiang Fu, and Chuan Neem Zi.
This drug should not be used by lactating women. It is recommended to use the medicine under the guidance of physician’s diagnosis and should not be taken without authorization to avoid delaying the condition.