Shen Qu
Massa Medicata Fermentata
acrid, sweet, warm
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Relieves Food Stagnation
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Food stagnation
- Epigastric or abdominal fullness
- Poor appetite
- Borborygmus
- Diarrhea
Shen Qu is sweet, acrid, and warm. It enters the spleen and stomach to treat indigestion.
Channels: spleen, stomach
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Mineral malabsorption
- Indigestion
- IBS
- Belching
- Bloating
- Constipation
Formulas:
- Bao He Wan
- Bu Shen Yi Gan Tang
- Ci Zhu Wan
- Fei Er Wan
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San
- Jian Pi Wan
- Qi Gong Wan
- Yi Jia Jian Zheng Qi San
- Yue Ju Wan
- Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan
Contraindications: there are no contraindications documented for Shen Qu
Zoo Image: a hippo isn’t eating his junk food but has a radio playing on his abdomen while leaning on a porta-poop