Yi Tang
| Yi Tang in TCM:Explore the properties of Yi Tang according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: maltose, barley malt sugar
Pharmacuetical Name: Saccharum Granorum
Properties: sweet, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LU, ST, SP
Flavors: sweet
Tonifies: qi
Special Properties:
resolves dryness
Actions / 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.
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