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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">jian pi wan</name>
    <name type="english">Strenghten the Spleen Pill</name>
  </names>
  <category>Formulas that Reduce Food Stagnation</category>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Stomach</summary>
      <indication>Qi deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach with Food stagnation and Damp</indication>
      <indication>Sallow face, little desire to eat, and a tired body without strength</indication>
      <indication>In children: poor appetite, slow growth and loose stools from weak digestion</indication>
      <indication>Tongue normal with a slightly yellow, greasy coat; pulse deficient and frail</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Reduces Food stagnation</summary>
      <indication>Food is hard to digest; the abdomen and epigastrium feel bloated or full, often worse after meals</indication>
      <indication>Belching or a sour taste; undigested food in the stools</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops diarrhea</summary>
      <indication>Loose stools or watery diarrhea, often chronic</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Modern uses</summary>
      <indication>Chronic gastritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic colitis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic enteritis</indication>
      <indication>Chronic pancreatitis</indication>
      <indication>Diarrhea, including chronic or functional diarrhea</indication>
      <indication>Functional dyspepsia</indication>
      <indication>Indigestion</indication>
      <indication>Poor appetite</indication>
      <indication>Slow recovery of digestion in children</indication>
      <indication>Celiac disease</indication>
      <indication>Duodenal ulcer</indication>
      <indication>Cirrhosis of the liver</indication>
      <indication>Fetal restlessness</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <constituents>
    <herb>bai zhu</herb>
    <herb>fu ling</herb>
    <herb>ren shen</herb>
    <herb>shan yao</herb>
    <herb>rou dou kou</herb>
    <herb>shan zha</herb>
    <herb>shen qu</herb>
    <herb>mai ya</herb>
    <herb>mu xiang</herb>
    <herb>chen pi</herb>
    <herb>sha ren</herb>
    <herb>jiu chao huang lian</herb>
    <herb>gan cao</herb>
  </constituents>
</record>
