Calm the Stomach Powder
(ping wei san 平胃散)

Source: Formulary of the Taiping Welfare Dispensary Bureau《太平惠民和劑局方》

cang zhu

atractylodes rhizome

Rhizoma Atractylodis

蒼朮

hou po

Magnolia bark

Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis

厚朴

chen pi

dried tangerine peel

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae

陳皮

gan cao

liquorice root

Radix Glycyrrhizae

甘草

Indications: distention and fullness in the gastric and abdominal regions, lack of appetite, nausea, belching, acid regurgitation, limbs heaviness, loose bowel or diarrhea, fatigue, sleepiness, and a white greasy tongue coating. Modern TCM uses this formula for intestinal flu, nonspecific intestinal disorder, indigestion and chronic gastritis.

適應症：濕滯脾胃，表現脘腹脹滿，不思飲食，口淡無味，噁心嘔吐，噯氣吞酸，便溏腹瀉，四肢困倦，嗜睡疲憊，白膩苔。現多用於慢性胃炎、潰瘍症、胃腸道功能紊亂。