Medicated Leaven (Shenqu)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Massa Fermentata Medicinalis |
| Common Name: | Medicated leaven |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Yaoxing Lun |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | Medicated leaven is a fermented mixture of wheat flour, bran and the fresh aerial parts of Armented annua, Xanthium sibixicum, Polygonum hydropiper and other herbs. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet, pungent, and warm |
| Meridian: | Spleen and stomach |
| Functions: | To eliminate food retention and harmonize the stomach |
| Indications and Combinations: | Retention of food manifested as epigastric and diarrhea. *Use with Hawthorn fruit (Shanzha) and Germinated barley (Maiya). |
| Dosage: | 6-15 g |