This formula is an amazing mixture of both herbs that can be used long-term because of their slow tonification of digestive process, but it also includes some quick acting ingredients as well.

Details of Shen Ling Bai Du San – Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Powder

Ginseng (ren shen) is the most famous herb in all of China, and it’s in this formula!

This formula is an amazing mixture that can be used long-term digestive issues because of their slow tonification of digestive process, but it also includes some quick acting ingredients as well.

If your diarrhea is a chronic condition lasting more than six months, consider a lower dosage of Shen Ling Bai Zhu San, but get enough to last a month or two.

If your diarrhea is a more recent arrival, you can take a higher dosage of Shen Ling Bai Zhu San to knock out this condition before it has a chance to become chronic.

Alternative Names

• Sheng-ling-pai-chu-san
• Ginseng and Atractylodes Formula
• Shen Ling Bai Zhu San

Ingredients

Fu Ling 茯苓 sclerotium of tuckahoe, China root, hoelen, Indian bread Poria Cocos

• Dries damp (which ends up coming out as diarrhea), supports the digestion (which prevents creation of dampness), and calms the spirit (everybody loves a calm spirit.)

Ren Shen 人蔘 ginseng root Radix Panax Ginseng

• More support of the digestion here. Inefficient digestion leads to dampness which is what diarrhea is according to Chinese medicine.

Bai Zhu 白术 , bai shu ovate atractylodes, (white) atractylodes rhizome [supports pregnancy]

• Another digestion supporting herb.

Gan Cao 甘草 licorice root Radix Glycyrrhizae [caution]

• Another digestion supporting herb that also helps all the other ingredients play well together.

Lian Zi 蓮子 lotus seed Nelumbinis Semen

• This herb addresses diarrhea with an astringent action, works like a sponge to absorb fluids to regulate excessive passing through the stools.

Shan Yao 山藥 dioscorea rhizome, Chinese yam Dioscoreae Rhizoma

• Supports digestion

Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁 coix seeds, Job’s tears Semen Coicis Lachrymae Jobi [don’t use if pregnant]

• Supports digestion

Bai Bian Dou 白扁豆 hyacinth bean, dolichos, lablab Lablab Semen album [supports pregnancy]

• Supports digestion

Sha Ren 砂仁 amomum fruit, grains-of-paradise fruit Fructus Amomi [supports pregnancy]

• Dries dampness and supports the digestion

Jie Geng 桔梗 balloon flower root, platycodon root Radix Platycodi Grandifolii

• This herb is usually used in support of the Lung functions. It has a lifting quality that is actually used to guide other herbs to the Lungs. However it is this lifting quality that makes it beneficial in the treatment of diarrhea too. Chinese medicine theory can consider diarrhea too much “down”. Western medicine would more likely consider this intestinal movements that are too fast. This herb helps regulate that downward motion by adding a little bit of “up” energy to slow the “down” movement of the intestines.