LU, SP, ST (15-20g)
Yi tang is made with cane sugar and kids love to dissolve it in the strained decoction! When little joey wants to tonify his SP with Yi Tang he throws a fit and goes into painful spasms and fakes a dry cough until mommy gives in!
But its cloying (therefore you should not use it in cases of excess damp; internal damp-heat; fullness of middle jiao with vomiting). Secondly be careful not to have Tang with a (cc: phlegm heat cough) and remember that drinking only tang instead of real orange juice can cause (cc: childhood nutritional impairment)
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English Name: maltose, barley malt sugar |
Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
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| tonify his SP... painful spasms | tonifies SP qi; moderates spasms; alleviate pain |
| dry cough | moistens lung; stops cough |
Yi Tang Actions and Indications
- Tonifies SP qi; moderates spasms; alleviates pain (shortness of breath, poor appetite; deficiency type abdominal pain alleviated by warmth and pressure)
- Moistens Lung; Stops Cough (SOB, weak voice, dry cough)
- (cc: cloying, therefore do not use in cases of excess damp; internal damp-heat; fullness of middle jiao with vomiting)
- (cc: phlegm-heat cough)
- (cc: childhood nutritional impairment)
- (cooking: dissolve in the strained decoction)
- Special Notes:
- Combine Sha Ren with Yi Tang to treat restless fetus with unstable pregnancy.