Breaks up congestion and stagnation of qi at the center, dispels wind-damp and wind, resolves spleen damp, tonifies spleen qi. A valuable medicine for poor digestion due to deficiency of spleen with phlegm-damp or food accumulationk causing nausea, vertigo, headache, pasty or loose stools, and flatulence. Excellent for wind-damp invasion of the stomach (summer-damp-heat stomach flu). Valuable in motion sickness and morning sickness. Traditionally used in cholera. Source: Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang, (Formulas of The People's Welfare Pharmacy), 1151 A.D., Song Dynasty, 960-1279. Application: Use to relieve OPI Wind-Cold plus dampness during any of the four seasons, but primarily in the summertime, when the humidity is high and dampness is present. Symptoms: Fever, chills, headache, distension in the middle warmer, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea with gurgling and a lot of gas. The tongue coat is white and greasy. Use to relievegastric disorders caused by the seasonal factor of Dampness, where the dampness symptoms predominate more than the Wind-Cold symptoms. Symptoms: diarrhea may be the predominant symptom, although other symptoms may also be present such as fever, acute gastroenteritis, vomiting and little or no appetite. Contraindication: If the patient has no dampness, and more signs of heat such as dry mouth, thirst, yellow tongue coat and fever without chills, do not use this formula.