Those who are familiar with traditional Chinese medicine should know Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Cold Damage". It is said that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing collected the strengths of a hundred schools of thought and wrote this masterpiece that has been passed down for generations. However, due to the war at that time, it was quickly lost, and it was only through continuous exploration that the version we see today was finally produced.

The prescription for tonifying yang qi and blood that we are going to talk about today is from Zhang Zhongjing's hand.
Name: Xiao Jian Zhong Tang.
Why is it called Xiao Jian Zhong Tang? "Jian" refers to the meaning of establishing, and "Zhong" refers to the middle energy of the middle jiao. Therefore, Xiao Jian Zhong Tang is a classic formula that helps regulate the spleen and stomach to restore middle energy.
The prescription consists of six herbs: cinnamon twig, white peony, ginger, maltose, roasted licorice, and red dates.
It is not difficult to see from the formula that Xiaojianzhong Tang evolved from Guizhi Tang. The addition of maltose has the effect of entering the spleen, Guizhi Tang is on the surface, and Xiaojianzhong Tang enters the spleen. In this way, people with weak spleen and stomach and insufficient qi and blood become stronger.
Cinnamon twigs, ginger, malted sugar, jujube, and roasted licorice in the formula are used to warm the spleen yang, dispel cold qi, peony and malted sugar, jujube, and roasted licorice to nourish the stomach yin and eliminate deficiency heat.
Xiao Jian Tang is a warming and nourishing formula. People with weak cold constitution can eat slightly warmer and hotter foods during the dissipative season of summer to make up for the deficiency in the body. This is called conforming to nature and the human body.
Suitable audience for Xiaojian Zhongtang:
1. Suitable for people who are relatively thin and weak, whether they are children or the elderly, they can use Xiaojianzhong Tang to regulate the spleen and stomach. The spleen governs the muscles, and Yitang in the formula is particularly good at supplementing the essential substances in the spleen;
2. Suitable for people with insufficient qi and blood, dull complexion, and prone to palpitations and palpitations, Xiaojianzhong Tang regulates the spleen and stomach. The spleen and stomach are the source of qi and blood transformation, which can fundamentally improve the situation of insufficient qi and blood. After sufficient qi and blood, the problem of palpitations and palpitations naturally improves.
3. For people who suffer from chronic illness, postoperative/radiation and chemotherapy related physical weakness, and those who accidentally take medication that harms their stomach qi, Xiaojian Zhong Tang is very suitable for supplementing deficiency and restoring middle qi, without increasing the burden on the spleen and stomach. People who have stomach qi have vitality.
Now let me give you a real example, and you will know.
There was a male patient before, who was only 45 years old at the time.
This person, in fact, stomach pain has been recurring for 5 years. He went to the hospital for examination and was diagnosed with gastric mucosal prolapse.
Recently, the patient's condition has worsened, with frequent attacks of stomach pain, especially when hungry, the pain is even stronger. In addition, the whole body is afraid of the cold, afraid of the cold, thirsty in the mouth, but does not want to drink water, and the stool is loose and thin.
What should I do? This person can't bear the pain anymore, so let's see a traditional Chinese medicine doctor.
After seeing his situation, give him a prescription: Xiao Jian Zhong Tang.
After 7 doses, the pain in the stomach disappeared and the feeling of loose stools eased. Next, if the effect is not more effective, use 7 more doses. In the end, the patient's symptoms were resolved.
What's going on here? Come on, let me tell you something.
In fact, this patient belongs to the typical Qi deficiency cold of the spleen and stomach in the middle energizer.
You see, while this person has stomach pain, they are also afraid of the cold. Is this a deficiency of yang energy? Loose stool, is it due to insufficient yang and abnormal circulation?
Thirsty, is it because of insufficient yang energy that the body fluid cannot be distributed? The retention of body fluid in the middle energizer results in abnormal spleen and stomach function, so even if you give him water, he doesn't want to drink it. When hungry, the qi in the spleen and stomach becomes more weak, leading to increased pain.
Another result of spleen and stomach deficiency cold is that the qi of liver and wood further damages the spleen and soil. In this way, people will feel pain. One of the typical manifestations of liver wood suppressing spleen soil is pain.
What should I do? Of course, the main focus should be on warming and tonifying the spleen and stomach yang qi.
But why is it that patients who have previously used drugs that tonify spleen yang are not effective? Because some formulas, although they can tonify spleen yang, cannot relieve pain slowly or urgently. The real solution is to not only warm and replenish the qi of the middle burner, but also to slowly relieve pain.
Therefore, while warming and tonifying the middle energizer yang qi and relieving pain in a slow and urgent manner, it is also necessary to harmonize the qi of the muscle surface, camp and guard. With so many requirements, it's really not an ordinary formula that can handle them.
Alright, that's all I have to say about this matter. For friends who are interested in Xiaojian Zhongtang, you must learn and apply it under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.
The content of the article is for clinical reference only. Non professionals in traditional Chinese medicine are not allowed to try medication.