Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang (True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs)

True Man's Decoction to Nourish the Organs

Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang, 1107

• Ying Su Ke (poppy husk) – chief; Rou Dou Kou, He Zi (bind)
• Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Rou Gui, Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Mu Xiang, Zhi Gan Cao

• Warms and tonifies the Spleen and Kidney
• Astringes the Intestines and stops chronic diarrhoea and prolapse

Chronic diarrhoea or dysentery from deficiency-cold: unremitting diarrhoea, abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure, and rectal prolapse.

Tongue: pale with a white coat. Pulse: deep, slow and thin.

Used only once acute pathogenic factors have cleared.

Contains poppy husk (restricted in many countries); for deficiency-cold only, never in acute damp-heat dysentery.