G05: Cactus Stomach-Recovering Capsule (xian ren zhang wei kang jiao nang)

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Hi All, & Hi Bob,

 

Google gave one site that combined the the cactus with radish etc

in a Chinese Formula: G05: Cactus Stomach-Recovering Capsule

(xian ren zhang wei kang jiao nang):

http://www.tcmtreatment.com/images/herb-supply/product-

price/product-index.htm

Ingredients: cactus, dried radish, etc.

Functions and Indications: Fortify spleen, nourish stomach, soothe

iver, resolve stasis, move qi and check pain. It can be used for

weak spleen and stomach, cold abdominal pains, food

accumulation, distention and fullness in the chest, anorexia, ulcers

in the digestive tract. Chronic gastritis with the foregoing symptoms

could also be treated.

Dose: To be taken orally, three pills/time, three times/day.

Packing: 2 × 12 pills/packet

Manufacturer: Guizhou Anshun Shunjian Pharmaceutical Factory.

 

Best regards,

Phil

 

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Bob Flaws wrote (Re: Opuntia spp):

 

Here's a summary on Xian Ren Zhang (Rhizoma Opuntiae,

Immortal Person's Palm) from the Zhong Yao Da Ci Dian rendered

in Nigelspeak. Some other Chinese names: Dragon Tongue, Old

Duck Tongue, Spirit Immortal Palm

 

Nature & flavor: Bitter, cold~cool; astringent; Clear Toxin

 

Channels: Heart, lung, stomach (no alternate opinions)

 

Functions & indications: Moves the qi and quickens the blood,

clears heat and resolves toxins. Treats heart-stomach qi pain,

glomus lumps, dysentery, bleeding hemorrhoids, cough, sore

throat, lung abscess, breast abscess, clove sores, injury by

[scalding] soup or fire, snake bite. Other sources says that it

disperses the initial stages of all sorts of glomus; treats qi pain;

disperses swelling toxins and malignant sores. One source says

fortifies the stomach, enriches and nourishes, invigorates and

strengthens, supplements the spleen, and quiets the spirit.

Otherwise, most of the ben caos cited concentrate on sores,

inflammations, piles, wounds, and dysentery/diarrhea.

 

Dose: As Soup for internal administration and used fresh, 1-2 liang.

Can also be ground into powder, tinctured in alcohol, or mashed for

external application.

 

Prohibitions: CI: vacuity cold.

 

Basically, all of the representative treatments using this medicinal

use it as a simple. There are no polypharmacy formulas. From

some of the titles cited, this appears to be primarily a folk herb.

Bob

 

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Best regards,

 

 

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