Pinellia Combination by Far East Summit Chinese Classics, also known as Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang, harmonizes the Stomach and downbears counterflow, fortifies the Spleen and clears heat.

TCM: Stomach Qi

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Sweet

Properties: Slightly warm

Contraindications: Yin Deficiency and ascendant Yang. Poor digestion or indigestion. Stagnant Qi and Dampness. Excess in the Exterior. Early-stage abscess.

Chinese Symptomology: Nausea and vomiting ~ Thick, slimy yellow tongue fur ~ Diarrhea with foulsmelling stools ~ A rapid, slippery pulse ~ Fatigue ~Possible cracks in the center of the tongue ~Lack of strength ~ A forceless, possibly fine pulse ~ A swollen tongue with teethmarks on its edges.

Western Symptomology: Damp heat in the stomach and intestines with a simultaneous spleen qi vacuity. Some of the many gastrointestinal conditions which may manifest this pattern include acute nausea, vomiting, and/or diarrhea, acute and chronic gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, colitis, and Crohn's disease.

Actions: Harmonizes the stomach and downbears counterflow, fortifies the spleen and supplements the qi, clears heat and eliminates dampness from the stomach and intestines, disperses glomus and eliminates distention.

Pattern: Damp heat in the stomach and intestines with spleen vacuity

Ingredients: Pinellia rhizome, Dry Ginger rhizome, Scutelleria root, Chinese White Ginseng root, Honey Baked Licorice root, Red Dates, Coptis rhizome.