INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Massa Medicata Fermentata
Common English:	Massa Fermentata Medicated Leaven

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Acrid	Warm	Spleen Stomach	6-16g Tincture: 1-3ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion and harmonizes the Stomach	Food Stagnation or accumulation due Stomach Cold with epigastric fullness or distention, lack of appetite, borborygmus and diarrhea
Moves Qi	Qi Stagnation

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu (Rx. Codonopsis) (Dang Shen)	Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke	Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
Food Stagnation and diarrhea due to Spleen Deficiency.	Reduced appetite and fullness and distention of the epigastrium and abdomen due to Cold Stagnation.	Childhood nutritional impairment or distention of the abdomen due to Food Stagnation.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Fr. Amomi Sha Ren	Exterior releasing herbs	Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
Abdominal pain associated with Food Stagnation.	Diarrhea accompanying externally-contracted disorders.	Abdominal distention, belching, diarrhea and anorexia due to Food Stagnation. Indigestion. Childhood nutritional impairment due to improper breast feeding.
Rz. Sparganii San Leng Rz. Curcumae E Zhu Concha Ostreae Mu Li Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia
Chronic Food Stagnation with palpable masses.

This is a non-standardized preparation of a fermented mixture of wheat flour, bran, and various herbs including Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao, Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren, Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi, Sm. Phaseoli Chi Xiao Dou, Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu, and other herbs depending on the particular mixture chosen.
This herb is best for problems due to overindulgence in alcohol and starches and grains.
This herb is also added to pills that contain minerals to aid in their digestion and absorption.
It directs Qi downward, transforms Phlegm, drives out water and transforms thin mucus.
In children, it tonifies the Spleen.
It reduces lactation and facilitates weaning.
Unfermented Medicated Leaven, Jian Shen Qu regulates Qi, transforms Dampness, and abates and transforms congestion and disperses Wind-Cold.
Dry-fried Medicated Leaven, Chao Shen Qu has a reduced dispersing action but an enhanced ability to strengthen the Spleen, harmonize the Stomach, reduce Food Stagnation and regulate the Middle Jiao.
Scorched Medicated Leaven Jiao Shen Qu has a greatly enhanced ability to reduce Food Stagnation and can be used alone.