huo xiang zheng qi san

Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi

About huo xiang zheng qi san

Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San, Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi, is Huo Xiang, Hou Po, Chen Pi, Zi Su Ye, Bai Zhi, Ban Xia, Da Fu Pi, Bai Zhu, Fu Ling, Jie Geng and Zhi Gan Cao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that transform turbid Damp.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
huo xiang12 g
hou po9 g
chen pi9 g
zi su ye6 g
bai zhi6 g
ban xia9 g
da fu pi9 g
bai zhu12 g
fu ling9 g
jie geng9 g
zhi gan cao3 g

Actions and indications

Releases the Exterior and dispels Wind-Cold

  • Wind-Cold invading the exterior while turbid Damp obstructs the interior
  • Chills and fever with headache, often with a heavy, stuffed feeling

Aromatically transforms turbid Damp

  • Damp turbidity blocking the Spleen and Intestines, with loose stools or diarrhea
  • Internal Damp with a heavy body and limbs, little appetite and oppression in the chest or epigastrium
  • Sudden digestive upset linked to damp, hot seasonal weather, travel, or unfamiliar food and water

Regulates Qi and harmonizes the Middle Jiao

  • Stomach Qi not descending, with nausea, vomiting and distention or fullness of the epigastrium or abdomen
  • Tongue slightly pale with a greasy white coat; pulse floating and tight, or soggy and moderate

Modern uses

  • Influenza
  • Intestinal flu
  • Nonspecific acute colitis
  • Acute gastroenteritis
  • Acute diarrhea

Symptoms

Cautions

Preparation

Coarse powder decocted briefly so the aromatic herbs keep their strength, taken warm in divided doses; fresh ginger and jujube are sometimes added to the decoction; now mostly made as oral liquid, dropping pills or capsules

Names

Pinyinhuo xiang zheng qi san
English NameAgastache Powder to Rectify the Qi

Classification

Category
Transform Damp Turbid