Tradition:

TCM

Source / Author:

Clarifying Doubts about Damage from Internal and External Cause, 1247

Preparation:

It can be prepared as a decoction with the doses given above. Ginseng can be taken as a powder with the rest in decoction in doses of 1 gram.
Traditionally a coarse powder was formed and a heaped teaspoonful was boiled in 2 bowls of water down to one bowl to be taken between meals.
Also commonly used in Pill or Powder form in doses of 6–9 grams 2–3 times daily.

Function:

Tonifies Qi, strengthens Spleen and Stomach, raises Yang Qi

Use:

This can be used for many diseases associated with deficiency.
Symptoms picture: Spontaneous Sweating, aversion to Cold, weakness, fatigue, short of breath, pale tongue with a thin white coat with a weak or ‘flooding’ and weak pulse
1. Idiopathic Fever
2. Crohn’s diseases, Ulcerative Colitis, Celiac Disease
3. Chronic Hepatitis, Chronic Gastritis, Chronic Colitis, Chronic Nephritis
4. Hemorrhoids, Hiatus Hernia
5. Hypoglycemia
6. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Post Viral Syndrome
7. Poor Immunity, Leukopenia
8. Multiple Sclerosis
9. Frailty after severe or prolonged diseases, Convalescence
10. Postpartum deficiency (including insufficient lactation, urinary incontinence, continued spotting)
11. Hypotension
12. Functional Uterine Bleeding
13. Pernicious Anemia
14. Bladder, Colon or Uterine Prolapse
15. Useful in Cancer treatment and during Chemo-or Radio-therapy.
16. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis

Dose:

The above can be taken in 2 doses over the course of the day.
In powdered form, 6–9 grams 2 or 3 times daily with fresh Ginger tea

Cautions:

Not used in Deficient Heat conditions, or Yin deficient Fever.

Modifications:

1. Usually a double amount of Codonopsis Dang Shen replaces Ginseng.
2. If there is more pronounced Coldness or Yang deficiency, add Cinnamon (Rou Gui)
3. More pronounced Dampness, add Poria Fu Ling and Amomum Sha Ren
4. Severe Pain, add Asarum Xi Xin
5. Diarrhea, add Costus Mu Xiang
6. Ulcerative Colitis, add Pueraria Ge Gen, Poria Fu Ling, Amomum Sha Ren, Immature Orange (Zhi Shi)
7. Fluid retention, take with Wu Ling San
8. Abdominal distention and pain, add Costus and Amomum Sha Ren
9. Fibromyalgia, take with Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
10. Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis with Nodules, add Self Heal (Xia Ku Cao), Figwort (Xuan Shen), Oyster shell (Mu Li), Pinellia Ban Xia, Kelp (Kun Bu)
11. Prostatitis add Alpinia oxyphylla Yi Zhi Ren, Dodder seed (Tu Si Zi)
12. Chronic Hepatitis, add Artemisia Yin Chen Hao, Gardenia Zhi Zi,, Codonopsis Dang Shen, Poria Fu Ling
13. Weakness during Pregnancy with spotting, add Doney Hide gelatin (E Jiao), Mugwort (Ai Ye)

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