Description
Tiao Pi San (Spleen-Regulating Powder), from Plain-Words on Pediatrics (You Ke Zhi Yan).
Actions: Fortify the spleen and warm the center, promote digestion, and guide out [food] stagnation
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of infantile diarrhea due to deficiency-cold, with diarrhea due to unhygienic diet or eating and drinking without temperance, or due to indigestion of cold milk, blue-white stool, abdominal pain, no warm of the four limbs, sallow complexion, no thirst, pale enlarged and teeth-marked tongue with white and glossy coating, thready, moderate, and forceless pulse
Category: Formulas That Promote Digestion and Guide Out [Food] Stagnation.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 815–817.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bai Zhu
as printed: dry-fried Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (chao bai zhu) 6 g
|
6g | 15% | — | |
|
Bai Shao
as printed: dry-fried Radix Paeoniae Alba (chao bai shao) 6 g
|
6g | 15% | — | |
|
Chen Pi
as printed: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (chen pi) 3 g
|
3g | 7.5% | — | |
|
Fu Ling
as printed: Poria (fu ling) 6 g
|
6g | 15% | — | |
|
Gan Cao
as printed: Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae (gan cao) 3 g
|
3g | 7.5% | — | |
|
Sha Ren
as printed: Fructus Amomi (sha ren) 2 g
|
2g | 5% | — | |
|
Rou Gui
as printed: Cortex Cinnamomi (rou gui) 3 g
|
3g | 7.5% | — | |
|
Mai Ya
as printed: Fructus Hordei Germinatus (mai ya) 9 g
|
9g | 22.5% | — | |
|
Mu Xiang
as printed: Radix Aucklandiae (mu xiang) 2 g
|
2g | 5% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net slightly warm (+0.33)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cool 15%, neutral 45%, warm 33%, hot 8%.
Small but decisive: Rou Gui 3g (hot, 8% of the grams). Dose weighting nearly cancels a herb this small, but it may be what the formula is for.
Taste
- pungent 15%
- sweet 49%
- sour 8%
- bitter 21%
- bland 8%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Spleen 100%
- Stomach 55%
- Liver 45%
- Lung 30%
- Heart 30%
- Kidney 28%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Add Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens ( sheng jiang ) 1 piece and Fructus Jujubae ( da zao ) 1 piece, and decoct the ingredients with water for oral use
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Formula family
Full herb lists
- This formula = Shao Yao Gan Cao Tang + Bai Zhu, Chen Pi, Fu Ling, Mai Ya, Mu Xiang, Rou Gui and Sha Ren
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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