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Shen Qu - Massa Fermenta
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Shen Qu
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Massa Fermenta
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| Introduction |
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Massa Fermenta is made from fermented flour and six kind of herbs and dried in the sun.
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| Western medical |
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shen qu is used to promote digestion, treat infantile autumn diarrhea, gastric stoine, chronic gastritis and hiccup, etc..
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| Eastern medical |
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- Pattern: Promotes digestion, moves qi, strengthens the Spleen and nourishes the Stomach.
- Properties: Sweet, pungent, warm.
- Channels entered: Spleen and Stomach.
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| Chemical constituents |
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shen qu is a kind of yeast preparation which contains volatile oil, saponins, fatty oil and Vit B, etc.. It also contains enzymes, ergosterol and protein, etc..
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| Pharmacological actions |
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| Miscellaneous effects |
Fried shen qu and charred shen qu could promote gastric juice secretions.
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| Clinical Studies |
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| Promoting digestion |
mu xiang, sha ren, zhi shi, fried shen qu, fried mai ya, xiang fu and freid zhi ke were made into water-paste pill. 6~9g, bid~tid, for poor appetite, qi stagnation and food stagnation. |
| Gastric stone |
shan zha 20g; shen qu 30g; ban xia, chen pi, lian qiao, lai fu zi, yuan hu, chuan po, zhi shi, da huang, 15g each; ji nei jin 30g, water decoction. |
| Infantile autumn diarrhea |
cang zhu, fu ling, huo xiang, shen qu, che qian cao, 9g each; hou po, chen pi, ze xie, 6g each. |
| Chronic gastritis |
dang shen, ban xia, huang qin, mu xiang, chen pi, shen qu, 9g each; huang lian, gan cao, 8g each; pu gong ying 12g. |
| Hiccup |
jiao shen qu, jian mai ya, jiao shan zha, shi di, 9g each; zhi shi, dai zhe shi, 12g each; fa ban xia, da fu pi, 6g. |
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| References |
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Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998 |
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