Modification to guī pí tāng

Gui Pi Tang
(Restore the Spleen Decoction)

''Modification:'' Today this decoction is usually prepared with these substitutions. - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p255

    Herb Common Name   Qty.  
生薑 Sheng Jiang fresh ginger rhizome 5 pieces
木香 Mu Xiang costus root, saussurea, auklandia 3 - 6 grams
黃耆 Huang Qi astragalus root, milk-vetch root, milkvetch root 9 - 12 grams
白术 Bai Zhu (white) atratylodes rhizome, ovate atractylodes, angelica root 9 - 12 grams
當歸 Dang Gui tangkuei, Chinese angelica root 6 - 9 grams
龍眼肉 Long Yan Rou flesh of the longan fruit, longan 6 - 9 grams
酸棗仁 Suan Zao Ren sour jujube seed; zizyphus 9 - 12 grams
炙甘草 Zhi Gan Cao Honey Prepared Licorice 3 - 6 grams
added 黨蔘 Dang Shen codonopsis root 6 - 18 grams
added 茯神 Fu Shen 9 - 12 grams
added 茯苓 Fu Ling poria, sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread
added 人蔘 Ren Shen ginseng root