Chai Hu, Zhu Ru and Zhi Qiao regulate the liver and rectify Qi. Zhu Ru, Ban Xia, Chen Pi, Sheng Jiang, Gan Cao and Da Zao harmonize the stomach and cause Qi to descend in a counter-current. Tai Zi Shen tonifies Qi without damaging Yin, while generating organic fluids, while Zhu Ru and Huang Qin clear heat.
Because children have a pure yang constitution and yin does not reach its maturity until late adolescence, this ingredient helps to protect the body's yin from the heat of stagnation and damp-heat inherent in the person's pattern and the pungent Qi-rectifying ingredients included in this formula.
