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Medicated Leaven

Medicated Leaven. Class: Food digestion. Properties: Warm; Pungent; Sweet. Meridians: Spleen; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Shen Qu
中文名 (Chinese)
神曲
Latin Name
Massa Medicata Fermentata
English Name
Medicated Leaven
Alias Names
六神曲六曲
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Warm; Pungent; Sweet
Meridians (归经)
Spleen; Stomach
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Food digestion
功效分类 (CN)
消食
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of retention of food manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, no appetite, gurgling sound and diarrhea. medicated leaven (shenqu) is used with hawthorn fruit (shanzha) and germinated barley (maiya).
Indication (主治)
Treatment of retention of food manifested as epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness, no appetite, gurgling sound and diarrhea. medicated leaven (shenqu) is used with hawthorn fruit (shanzha) and germinated barley (maiya).
🔗 External References
TCMID
4029
TCM-ID
1892