HERB FORMULAS

ZHI ZHU WAN - 枳术囊 - UNRIPE BITTER ORANGE AND ATRACTYLODES PILL

English: Unripe Bitter Orange and Atractylodes Pill
Also Known As: Pills of Immature Bitter Orange and White Atractylodes

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 10-18g
60g decoction 		Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Zhi Shi, for Spleen Deficiency with Qi Stagnation with anorexia, epigastric focal distention, and fullness.
Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi 5-9g
30g decoction 		Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulation, descends Qi, unblocks the bowels, removes Stagnant Food, transforms Phlegm, reduces distention and resolves hardenings.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies the Spleen
  • Reduces focal distention

SYNDROMES

  • Spleen Qi Deficiency with epigastric and abdominal distention
  • Spleen Qi Deficiency with Qi Stagnation and Food Retention

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Loss of appetite
  • Chest, epigastric and abdominal focal distention
  • Acid regurgitation
  • T: Normal
  • C: White or Yellow and greasy
  • P: Deficient or Slippery

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • While taking this formula, avoid raw, Cold or stimulating foods>
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Grind into a powder and mix with rice fried in Fol Nelumbinis He Ye and form into pills.
  • Take 6-9g twice per day.

MODIFICATIONS

For general debility: For prolapse or ptosis:
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ Raise the Sunken Decoction
Sheng Xian Tang
+ Poria Fu Ling
For gastric ptosis:
For uterine prolapse:
+ Raise the Sunken Decoction
Sheng Xian Tang
+ Raise the Sunken Decoction
Sheng Xian Tang
+ Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen + Hb. Leonuri Wu Yao
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For rectal prolapse:
For diarrhea:
+ Raise the Sunken Decoction
Sheng Xian Tang
+ Poria Fu Ling
+ Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
+ Per. Granati Shi Liu Pi
For more pronounced Food Stagnation:
For indigestion in children:
+ Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
+ Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Gu Ya + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya + Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
For Spleen Qi Deficiency With Damp Stagnation:
For Spleen Yang Deficiency:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ Exocarpium Citri Grandis Hua Ju Hong + Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
For urticaria:
    + 6g Fr. Amomi (add last) Sha Ren
   
    + 6g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
   
    + 6g Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
    + 6g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
    + 10g Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
    + 10g Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
    + 10g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang