Shan Zha Hawthorn Fruit - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Epigastric and or abdominal fullness or painful distention after meals.
• Acid reflux, belching, vomiting with possible aversion to food due to food stagnation.
• This formula can also be used for acute food poisoning.

Use with caution with weak or qi deficient patients.

• Acid reflux and/or burning sensation in the epigastrium, throat, or mouth from stomach fire.
• Ulcers, sores, or other types of abcess in the mouth due to persistent stomach heat.
• Constant sense of hunger or noticable increse in appetite.
• Commonly used to treat bad breath (halitosis).

• High fever with aversion to cold.
• Thick phlemg that may be both in sinus and chest.
• Vertigo or dizziness that is caused by excess heat.
• Rashes, carbuncles, and other types of skin disorders that are caused by heat.
• Constipation and scanty or dark urine.

• Contraindicated for pregnancy.
• Use with caution for patients presenting with loose stools or diarrhea.

• For stomach and spleen qi deficiency with dampness that has potentially generated mild interior-heat - diarrhea, abdominal pain, poor appetite, epigastric pain.
• May be used in early pregnancy for more deficient patients particularly with a tendency towards miscarriage.
• May be used with pediatric patients for poor appetite and looser stools.