formula name | Aconite Middle-Regulating Decoction |
source | Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fanglun |
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Warming yang dispels cold, tonifying qi strengthens the spleen.
Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, indigestion, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea, cold limbs, white tongue coating, deep and slow pulse, and all chronic cold diseases.
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This formula is composed of Middle-Regulating Pill plus Aconite Lateral Root, which enhances the function of warming the middle and dispelling cold compared to Middle-Regulating Pill. In the formula, Dried Ginger is pungent and hot, warming the middle and supporting yang to dispel cold; Ginseng is sweet, warming and tonifying the middle, strengthening the spleen and stomach, and tonifying qi. These two herbs are combined to address both the root and the branch. White Atractylodes Rhizome dries dampness and invigorates the spleen; roasted Liquorice Root is sweet and warm, combining with Dried Ginger to transform pungent and sweet into yang, boosting spleen yang. Aconite Lateral Root is pungent and hot, restoring yang qi and dispersing pudendal coldness.
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Acute and chronic gastroenteritis, functional uterine bleeding, upper consumptive thirst with gastrointestinal bleeding, purpura, lung heart disease, chronic bronchitis, lung qi swelling, chronic hepatitis, early-stage liver cirrhosis, pediatric pneumonia, allergic colitis, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, morning sickness, dyspepsia, gastric atony, and gastroptosis.