Tonifies the Spleen

ZHI ZHU WAN Uses and Indications

ZHI ZHU WAN Ingredients

• While taking this formula, avoid raw, Cold or stimulating foods.
• Traditionally this formula was prepared as a pill (Wan*). The modern preparation is as a Decoction (Tang*). This formula is often added to other larger formulas.
  
  

About ZHI ZHU WAN* :

This DUI YAO (two herb combination formula) was traditionally powdered and formed into pills (wan) often with rice fried in He Ye (Nelumbinis Folium). Its actions treat a deficient stomach and spleen and helps restore the transformation and transportation of food into energy. It reduces epigastric focal distention and directs Qi downward. Strengthening the Stomach and Spleen prevents further injury and restores proper function and appetite. Traditionally this pair is said to treat hardness below the heart, thirst without the desire for water, or sounds of water splashing in the upper abdomen, and diarrhea.

* What’s the Difference Between, PIAN, WAN, TANG, SAN, SHUI and GAO?

• PIAN = Tablet (modern looking pill)
• WAN = Pill (old-style or handmade pill, or black teapill)
• TANG = Water Decoction (boiled whole herbs)
• SAN = Powder (milled or granulated)
• SHUI = Tincture (extract with alcohol or other solvent)
• GAO = Paste (topical unguent or plaster)

** These statements have not been evaluated by the US Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.