Costus and Amomum with Six Noble Ingredients Decoction
(xiang sha liu jun zi tang, 香砂六君子湯 )

Source: Variorum of Prescriptions 《醫方集解》

ren shen

ginseng

Radix Ginseng

人參

bai shu

largehead atractylodes rhizome

Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae

白朮

fu ling

poria

poria

茯苓

zhi gan cao

roasted liquorice root

Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata

炙甘草

chen pi

dried tangerine peel

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae

陳皮

ban xia

Pinellia tuber

Rhizoma Pinelliae

半夏

mu xiang

costus root

Radix Aucklandiae

木香

sha ren

villous amomum fruit

Fructus Amomi

砂仁

Indications: Poor appetite, belching, distention or pain in the gastric and abdominal regions, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. With appropriate modifications, modern TCM uses the formula in conditions like gastritis, peptic ulcers, digestive tract dysfunction as well as to stimulate appetite.


主治:脾胃氣虛,寒濕滯於中焦,表現納呆,噯氣,脘腹脹滿或疼痛,甚至嘔吐,泄瀉等。現代常用於胃炎、潰瘍病、消化道功能障礙、食慾不振等。