Wen Pi Tang (Warm the Spleen Decoction)

Warm the Spleen Decoction

Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, 652

• Fu Zi, Gan Jiang (warm yang) – chief; Da Huang (purge)
• Ren Shen, Gan Cao (support qi)

• Warms the Spleen yang and disperses cold
• Purges cold accumulation

Cold accumulation with yang deficiency: constipation or chronic dysentery with abdominal pain relieved by warmth, cold limbs, and a pale complexion.

Tongue: pale with a white coat. Pulse: deep, wiry and forceless.

Adjust Da Huang dose to the bowels; cook Da Huang longer to soften its purging.

For cold accumulation with deficiency; not for heat-type constipation.