Jianpi Wan

Jianpi Wan (Chinese: 健脾丸) is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "invigorate the spleen function and improve the appetite".[1] It tastes slightly sweet and bitter. It is used where there is "weakness of the spleen and stomach marked by epigastric and abdominal distension, anorexia, and loose bowels".[2] The binding agent is honey. Each pill weighs about 9 grams.

The original formula was first published in "Standards of Diagnosis and Treatment" (證治準繩 Zhèngzhì Zhǔnshéng) by Wáng Kěntáng (王肯堂) in 1602.[3] It is known as the "Pill for Invigorating the Spleen".[4]

Chinese classic herbal formula

Name Chinese (S) Grams
Radix Codonopsis 党参 200
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (stir-baked) 白术 (炒) 300
Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae 陈皮 200
Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (stir-baked) 枳实 (炒) 200
Fructus Crataegi (stir-baked) 山楂 (炒) 150
Fructus Hordei Germinatus (stir-baked) 麦芽 (炒) 200

See also

References

  1. ^ State Pharmacopoeia Commission of the PRC (2005). "Pharmacopoeia of The People's Republic of China (Volume I)". Chemical Industry Press. ISBN 7-117-06982-1.
  2. ^ "webprod.hc-sc.gc.ca". Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
  3. ^ Zuo Yanfu, Zhu Zhongbao, Huang Yuezhong, Tao Jinweng, Li Zhaoguo. "Science of Prescriptions", Publishing House of Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. 2002. ISBN 7-81010-650-3.
  4. ^ Long Zhixian, Li Qingye, Liu Zhanwen. "Formulas of Traditional Chinese Medicine" (方剂学 fāngjì xué), Academy Press (学苑出版社 xuéyuàn chūbǎnshè), Beijing University of Traditional Medicine. 2005. ISBN 7-5077-1270-2.