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Medicated Leaven - Shen Qu

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Medicated Leaven - Shen Qu photo: E. Reninger
Definition:

In the Chinese Herbal Materia Medica, Shen Qu belongs to category of herbs that disperse food accumulation.

Taste: sweet, acrid
Temperature: warm
Channels Entered: Spleen, Stomach

Actions:
(1) Reduces food stagnation, harmonizes the Stomach, strengthens the Spleen.

Also Known As:

Common Name: Medicated Leaven
Pharmaceutical: Massa Fermentata
Botanical: Massa Fermentata

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