Yi Tang - 飴糖 - Maltosum
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Maltosum Saccharum Granorum |
| Common English: | Barley Malt Sugar Hordeolum Maltose |
Category
Herbs that Tonify QiProperties
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
| Sweet | Slightly Warm | Lung Spleen Stomach | 15-60g Tincture: 2-4ml Dissolve into the strained decoction. |
Actions And Indications
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Strengthens the Spleen and tonifies Qi | Overexertion injuring the Spleen with shortness of breath and reduced appetite. |
Tonifies the Middle Jiao and alleviates pain and coldness | Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold with Excess salivation, a pale tongue with a white coat and a deep, slow pulse |
Moistens the Lungs and stops coughs | Lung Qi Deficiency with dry, nonproductive coughs with labored, slow breathing and a weak voice |
Coats foreign objects | Treats obstruction of the throat by fish bones or other objects |
Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions
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Major Combinations
| Ram. Cinnamomi Or Ram. Cinnamomi | Ram. Cinnamomi | Ram. Cinnamomi |
Abdominal pain due to Cold from Middle Jiao Deficiency which is better with pressure and somewhat alleviated by eating. Externally contracted Wind-Cold in weak patients suffering from chronic illness. | Severe Deficiency. Speeds post-operative recovery. Treats allergies. | Abdominal pain due to Cold from Middle Jiao Deficiency with concurrent Blood Deficiency. |
| Rx. Codonopsis | Rz. Zingiberis | Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren (Rx. Glehniae/Adenophorae) (Sha Shen) |
Insufficiency of Middle Qi with shortness of breath, fatigue and reduced appetite. | Middle Jiao Yang Deficiency with ascendant Yin marked by chest and abdominal pain, cold limbs and vomiting. | Dry, non-productive cough with a weak voice and wheezing upon exertion due to severe Lung Deficiency. |
| Rz. Zingiberis Recens | Rx. Astragali | Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Sudden onset of coughing. | Abdominal pain due to Qi Deficiency. | Abdominal pain due to Blood Deficiency. |
Fr. Amomi | ||
Unstable fetus. |
Notes
- This herb is reported to tonify the Spleen and Stomach, transform Stomach Qi, generate fluids, nourish the Blood, ease Interior urgency, relieve abdominal pain, quench thirst, relieve fatigue and stop bleeding caused by Lung Fire.
- For a foreign object stuck in the throat, slowly swallow small amounts of the thick syrup to help it pass.
- Yi Tang and Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao both tonify the Qi of the Middle Jiao, ease urgency and relieve pain. Gan Cao resolves toxicity but does not nourish the Blood. It moistens the Lungs to stop cough, yet generates fluids less well than Yi Tang, which produces fluids, particularly in the Lungs, relieves thirst and nourishes the Blood.