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| Health Benefits |
| For: Dry cough • Abdominal pain • Shortness of breath |
| Attributes: Atitussive |
| Research (sample) |
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Constituents:
Sugar • Maltose • Proteins • Vitamin B • Fats
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| Fun Facts |
Other Names: Maltose • Jiao Tang
Plant Family: N/A |
| Yi Tang is a combination of barley malt and rice flour or wheat flour. The mixture is cooked over low heat. |
| Properties, Actions, Indications, etc. Category: Tonify Qi |
| English: Malt Sugar Pinyin: Yi Tang Pharmaceutical: Saccharum Granorum |
| Organs: Lung • Spleen • Stomach Temperature: Warm |
| Taste: Sweet Toxicity: |
| Patterns: Lung deficiency • Dry cough • Spleen deficiency • Qi deficiency |
| Actions: Moisten lungs • Stop coughing • Tonify spleen Qi • Reduce spasms • Alleviate pain • Coat choking objects |
| Indications: Dry cough • Fatigue • Shortness of breath • Poor appetite • Abdominal pain relieved by warmth and pressure • Weak voice |
| Contraindications: Cloying • Excess damp heat • Phlegm heat cough• Heat • Pediatric food stagnation • Pediatric malnutrition • Fullness of middle jiao with vomiting |
| Typical Dosage: 30g to 60g Guidelines |
| Parts Used: |
| Other: Add at very end of decoction |
| Combine With |
Purpose |
| Gui Zhi + Bai Shao + Zhi Gan Cao |
Spleen deficiency: fatigue, weakness, shortness of breath, poor appetite, abdominal pain [3],[5],[17] |
| Gui Zhi + Bai Shao + Zhi Gan Cao + Huang Qi |
Acute Qi deficiency + spleen deficiency [3],[5],[17],[18] |
| Gui Zhi + Bai Shao + Zhi Gan Cao + Dang Gui |
Acute blood deficiency [3],[17],[18] |
| Hua Jiao + Gan Jiang + Ren Shen |
Yin cold, yang deficiency in the middle jiao [17] |
| Feng Mi + Bai Bu + Xing Ren |
Lung deficiency dry cough [17] |
| Xing Ren + Bai Bu + Sha Shen |
Dry Cough[3],[18] |
| Huang Qi + Dang Shen +Zhi Gan Cao + Da Zao |
Spleen deficiency, stomach deficiency [18] |
| Gan Jiang + Chuan Jiao + Ren Shen |
Middle Jiao Yang deficiency: cold extremities, vomiting, and abdominal discomfort [3] |
| Sha Ren |
Restless fetus syndrom[3] |
| Dang Shen + Zhi Gan Cao + Da Zao |
Qi deficiency with fatique, poor appetite and shortness of breath [3] |
| Formulas with Yi Tang |
| Da Jian Zhong Tang • Huang Qi Jian Zhong Tang • Xiao Jian Zhong Tang |
| Alert |
| Be cautions with all medicine. |
| Potential Drug Interactions |
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Herbal medicine may interact negatively with pharma drugs and other herbs. Examples below:
Herbs:
Pharma Drugs:
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[5], [8]
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