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    "slug": "shi-quan-da-bu-tang",
    "names": {
        "pinyin": "Shi Quan Da Bu Tang",
        "chinese": "十全大补汤",
        "english": "All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction",
        "alternate": [
            "Shi Quan Da Bu Wan",
            "Ten Treasures",
            "Ginseng and Dang Gui Ten Combination"
        ]
    },
    "category": "tonify-qi-and-blood",
    "source": {
        "text": "Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang (Imperial Grace Formulary of the Tai Ping Era)",
        "author": "Imperial Medical Bureau",
        "dynasty": "Song",
        "year": "1078"
    },
    "summary": "Ba Zhen Tang plus astragalus and cinnamon. For deep qi and blood deficiency with cold: exhausted, pale, cold hands and feet, sweating on effort, dizzy, with sores or wounds that will not heal and a long recovery after illness or treatment. The strongest general tonic in the family.",
    "picture": "The eight treasures with the furnace turned on. Astragalus lifts, cinnamon warms, and the eight do the rebuilding. For the person who is not just empty but cold and empty.",
    "patterns": [
        {
            "slug": "qi-and-blood-deficiency",
            "role": "with cold",
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/pattern/qi-and-blood-deficiency"
            }
        },
        {
            "slug": "spleen-and-kidney-yang-deficiency",
            "role": "with blood deficiency",
            "_links": {
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/pattern/spleen-and-kidney-yang-deficiency"
            }
        }
    ],
    "indications": [
        "Exhaustion with pallor and cold limbs",
        "Spontaneous sweating on effort",
        "Dizziness, palpitations, shortness of breath",
        "Poor appetite",
        "Sores, ulcers, or wounds that will not heal",
        "Slow recovery after surgery, illness, or chemotherapy, when prescribed",
        "Heavy, pale periods or spotting in a cold, weak person"
    ],
    "signs": {
        "tongue": "Pale with a thin white coat.",
        "pulse": "Thin and weak."
    },
    "ingredients": [
        {
            "pinyin": "Huang Qi",
            "grams": "12",
            "role": "chief",
            "job": "Astragalus tonifies qi, lifts, and heals the surface.",
            "herb_slug": "root-of-membranous-milkvetch",
            "english": "Root of Membranous Milkvetch",
            "chinese": "黄芪",
            "latin": "Radix Astragali",
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/root-of-membranous-milkvetch"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Rou Gui",
            "grams": "3",
            "role": "chief",
            "job": "Cinnamon bark warms the yang and moves the blood.",
            "herb_slug": "cassia-bark",
            "english": "Cassia Bark",
            "chinese": "肉桂",
            "latin": "Cortex Cinnamomi",
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/cassia-bark"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Dang Shen",
            "grams": "9",
            "role": "deputy",
            "job": "Codonopsis restores the qi.",
            "herb_slug": "root-pilose-asiabell",
            "english": "Dang Shen Root",
            "chinese": "党参",
            "latin": "Radix Codonopsis Pilosulae",
            "_links": {
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/root-pilose-asiabell"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Bai Zhu",
            "grams": "9",
            "role": "deputy",
            "job": "Atractylodes strengthens the Spleen.",
            "herb_slug": "rhizome-of-largehead-atractylodes",
            "english": "Rhizome of Largehead Atractylodes",
            "chinese": "",
            "latin": "Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae",
            "_links": {
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/rhizome-of-largehead-atractylodes"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Fu Ling",
            "grams": "9",
            "role": "deputy",
            "job": "Poria drains damp.",
            "herb_slug": "indian-bread",
            "english": "Poria",
            "chinese": "茯苓",
            "latin": "Poria",
            "_links": {
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/indian-bread"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Zhi Gan Cao",
            "grams": "5",
            "role": "envoy",
            "job": "Honey-fried licorice harmonizes.",
            "herb_slug": "prepared-liauorice-root",
            "english": "Honey-Fried Licorice Root",
            "chinese": "炙甘草",
            "latin": "Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata",
            "_links": {
                "herb": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/api/v1/herb/prepared-liauorice-root",
                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/prepared-liauorice-root"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Shu Di Huang",
            "grams": "12",
            "role": "deputy",
            "job": "Prepared rehmannia builds blood.",
            "herb_slug": "prepared-rehmannia-root",
            "english": "Prepared Rehmannia Root",
            "chinese": "熟地黄",
            "latin": "Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata",
            "_links": {
                "herb": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/api/v1/herb/prepared-rehmannia-root",
                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/prepared-rehmannia-root"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Dang Gui",
            "grams": "9",
            "role": "deputy",
            "job": "Angelica builds and moves blood.",
            "herb_slug": "root-of-chinese-angelica",
            "english": "Root of Chinese Angelica",
            "chinese": "当归",
            "latin": "Radix Angelicae Sinensis",
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        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Bai Shao",
            "grams": "9",
            "role": "assistant",
            "job": "White peony nourishes blood.",
            "herb_slug": "white-peony-root",
            "english": "White Peony Root",
            "chinese": "白芍",
            "latin": "Radix Paeoniae Alba",
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/white-peony-root"
            }
        },
        {
            "pinyin": "Chuan Xiong",
            "grams": "6",
            "role": "assistant",
            "job": "Ligusticum keeps the blood moving.",
            "herb_slug": "chuanxiong-rhizome-szechuan-lovage-root",
            "english": "Chuanxiong Rhizome, Szechuan Lovage Root",
            "chinese": "川芎",
            "latin": "Rhizoma Chuanxiong",
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                "html": "https://www.naturalherblibrary.com/herb/chuanxiong-rhizome-szechuan-lovage-root"
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        }
    ],
    "actions": [
        "Warms and tonifies qi and blood"
    ],
    "how_it_works": "The eight treasures rebuild qi and blood. Astragalus adds lift and surface healing, which is why it closes stubborn wounds. Cinnamon warms the whole formula so a cold body can use it. It is the choice when Ba Zhen Tang is right but the person is also cold.",
    "modifications": [
        {
            "for": "Sweating that will not stop",
            "add": [
                "Fu Xiao Mai",
                "Mu Li"
            ],
            "note": "Light wheat and oyster shell."
        },
        {
            "for": "Poor sleep",
            "add": [
                "Suan Zao Ren",
                "Long Yan Rou"
            ],
            "note": "Or alternate with Gui Pi Tang."
        }
    ],
    "cautions": [
        "Warm and rich. Not for any heat sign: fever, thirst, a red tongue, a yellow coat.",
        "Not for a damp picture with bloating and a greasy coat.",
        "Pause during a cold or flu.",
        "Pregnancy: use only under a qualified practitioner."
    ],
    "forms": [
        "teapills",
        "concentrated tablets",
        "granules",
        "decoction"
    ],
    "typical_dose": {
        "teapills": "8 pills, three times a day with warm water, the usual label dose",
        "course": "One to three months."
    },
    "cousins": [
        {
            "slug": "ba-zhen-tang",
            "difference": "The same without astragalus and cinnamon, for weakness without cold."
        },
        {
            "slug": "gui-pi-tang",
            "difference": "Qi and blood with Heart-calming herbs for the sleepless worrier."
        },
        {
            "slug": "bu-zhong-yi-qi-tang",
            "difference": "Lifts sinking qi; no blood tonics or warming."
        }
    ],
    "commerce": {
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        "store_name": "Supplements Apothecary",
        "store_slug": "shi-quan-da-bu-tang",
        "store_url": "https://www.supplementsapothecary.com/supplement/shi-quan-da-bu-tang",
        "status": "planned",
        "label_check": "The box reads Shi Quan Da Bu Wan or Tang with the characters 十全大补. Ten ingredients: the eight treasures plus Astragalus and Cinnamon bark."
    },
    "conditions": [
        "fatigue",
        "anemia",
        "immune-deficiency",
        "spontaneous-sweating",
        "dizziness",
        "uterine-bleeding"
    ],
    "sources": [
        {
            "title": "Bensky, Scheid, Ellis and Barolet, Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies, 2nd edition",
            "note": "Composition, actions, and indications."
        }
    ],
    "meta": {
        "status": "published",
        "last_updated": "2026-10-12",
        "reviewed_by": null
    },
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