Actions | Indications | Chinese medicine products |
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To replenish the primordial qi | Collapse due to prostration of primordial qi, exhibiting extremely cold limbs, sweating, vertigo and shortness of breath. | Shenfu tang - decoction of ginseng and Aconiti Lateralis; Sinijia renshen tang - decoction of ginseng for treating yang exhaustion. |
To nourish the spleen and stomach | Spleen and stomach qi deficiency complicated by dampness, exhibiting weakness of limbs, emaciation, indigestion, vomiting or diarrhoea, fullness in the epigastrium and chest. | Shenlingbaizhu san - powder of ginseng, Poria and Atractylodis Macrocephalae; Jianpi wan - pills for strengthening the spleen. |
To promote the production of body fluid | Impairment of both qi and yin, exhibiting lassitude, shortness of breath, excessive perspiration, dry throat, thirst; also for long-standing cough due to lung deficiency. | Shengmai yin - liquid of ginseng, Radix Ophiopogonis and Fructus Schisandrae for restoring the pulse. |
To invigorate the spleen and nourish the heart | Disorders involving heart and spleen deficiency, exhibiting palpitation, amnesia, insomnia, poor appetite, fatigue; also for cases of hemafecia, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. | Guipi wan - ginseng pills for invigorating spleen and nourishing the heart; Renshen yangrong wan - pills of ginseng for nourishing qi and yin. |