[Chinese Medicine] learning experience (76) Shenling Baizhu Powder

The notes I compiled are based on the textbook "Prescriptions" of the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and some prescriptions that I think are good. The prescriptions written are all my personal experience, and the analysis methods are mainly based on the six meridians and the viscera. I am not a medical professional, studying medicine is purely a hobby. It is normal if there are mistakes in the text.

(76) Shenling Baizhu Powder
[Source] "Taiping Huimin Heji Bureau Prescription"

【Category】Air supplement

[Composition] Peeled lotus seed meat, one catty (9g) of coix seed, one catty (9g) of shrunken amomum, one catty (6g) of platycodon grandiflorum, fried to make deep yellow, one catty (6g) of white lentils soaked in ginger juice, peeled, and slightly fried , one and a half catties (12g) two catties (15g) of white poria cocos, two catties (15g) of ginseng, two catties (15g) of licorice fried, two catties (10g) two catties (15g) of Atractylodes macrocephala, two catties (15g) of Chinese yam

[Usage] The above is fine powder, two qian (6g) per serving, adjust the jujube decoction, and take it according to the age of children (modern usage: powder, 6~10g per serving; it can also be used as decoction, add 3 jujubes , Shuijianbi).

[Function] Replenishing Qi and invigorating the spleen, expelling dampness and stopping diarrhea.

[Indications] Syndrome of spleen deficiency and dampness. Poor diet, fullness in chest and abdomen, borborygmus and diarrhea, weakness of limbs, emaciation, sallow complexion, pale tongue with white and greasy coating, weak and slow pulse. It can also be used to treat lung-qi deficiency, phlegm-dampness and cough.

Different from Sijunzi Decoction, this prescription mainly focuses on dispelling dampness, supplemented by tonifying spleen. "All kinds of dampness and swelling all belong to the spleen." The spleen and stomach are weak, and the transportation and transformation are not effective, so the body fluid condenses into dampness. Dampness obstructs the middle burner, the ascending and descending is abnormal, and the clear and turbid are not distinguished, and the stomach qi rises upwards and vomits. Damp turbidity upward leads to phlegm, and damp turbidity downward leads to diarrhea. Damp, turbid and sticky, hinders the movement of Qi, so you can see chest and abdominal fullness. Damp turbidity traps the spleen, and the spleen governs the limbs, so it is weak. Insufficient absorption capacity, so the body is thin and pale. Pale tongue due to insufficient Qi and blood, white and greasy fur due to internal stagnation of water dampness. Deficient and slow pulse is a sign of spleen deficiency and dampness.

Therefore, in the prescription, Sijunzi decoction is used to nourish the spleen and relieve dampness; yam and lotus meat strengthen the spleen and relieve diarrhea; white lentils and coix seed strengthen the spleen and relieve dampness;

In December 2022, my father was unfortunately infected with the new crown virus. After the fever subsided, he was fatigued, poor appetite, slow heart rate, and white and thick greasy tongue coating.