Brief Discussion on Jisheng Shenqi Tang, January 1, 1985

Brief Discussion on Jisheng Shenqi Tang, January 1, 1985

According to “Jingyue Quanshu,” “This formula nourishes without stagnation and promotes without depletion. For any case of edema occurring in middle age or in individuals with weak constitutions, as long as it is appropriately modified according to symptoms, the effect will be immediate. It truly is the best among all formulas, with no equal.” This illustrates the significance of Jisheng Shenqi Tang in treating edema.

Edema occurs when both essence and blood are transformed into water, often due to deficiency and exhaustion. The appropriate treatment is to warm the spleen and tonify the kidneys—this is the correct approach. However, some patients cannot tolerate tonification, so half-tonification must be used; if even half-tonification is ineffective, then full elimination must be employed. Yet eliminating water through purging is only suitable for temporary ailments in young adults. If qi and blood are already depleted and purging is attempted, it may lead to serious complications. Therefore, whenever encountering such cases, every possible effort must be made to address the root cause, so as to ensure safety. Some city doctors specialize in using purgatives to reduce swelling and relieve asthma, but after the swelling subsides, patients often become emaciated and skeletal, resembling human figures—sometimes lasting half a year, sometimes just ten days—and ultimately, death is inevitable. Thus, in my treatment of such cases, especially for middle-aged and elderly patients with accumulated damage, I always opt for warming and tonifying therapies to achieve complete recovery without future complications. After all, those with qi deficiency cannot regain their qi; those with kidney deficiency cannot regain their water. Moreover, warming and tonifying naturally transform qi, and when qi is fully transformed, recovery comes naturally; whereas temporary relief through expelling pathogenic factors is forced and artificial. One is true recovery, the other is false recovery—how could false recovery ever turn into real recovery? Jisheng Shenqi Tang nourishes without stagnation and eliminates without depletion—it truly is a divine formula. Among all diseases, the most difficult to treat are those caused by water; water is regulated by the kidneys; the kidneys are the foundation of the human body. When kidney qi is strong, water returns to the kidneys; when kidney qi is weak, water disperses into the skin. Furthermore, when the triple burner becomes blocked and the defensive and nutritive qi are sealed off, blood circulation is disrupted, leading to alternating states of deficiency and excess, and water flows along with qi—thus, water-related illnesses arise. Jisheng Shenqi Tang both tonifies the kidneys and promotes water elimination, making it an excellent formula that addresses both root and symptom!