Nanchong (cut into about ten pieces each, soaked in water for three days like Pinellia, changing the water daily, then mixed with 60 gm of crushed alum and soaked for another three days, washed clean, and baked dry) and Pinellia (cut open), each 60 gm; dried ginger (prepared), Atractylodes, Galangal, Poria, each 30 gm; Clove (indirect heat), Costus root, Green tangerine peel, Tangerine peel (white part removed), each 15 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Separately, use 30 grams of Shenqu and 60 grams of barley malt, grind them into powder, mix with water to form a paste, and combine with the medicine to make pills, each as big as a phoenix tree seed. Take 50 to 70 pills each time, swallowed with warm water, without regard to time.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming the middle and dispelling cold, eliminating dampness and promoting digestion.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen-stomach weakness, phlegm-fluid retention internally stagnates, accumulates in the chest and diaphragm, causing blurred vision, chest and diaphragm distension, cough with rapid breathing, vomiting, and abdominal pain; or it may lie dormant in the middle abdomen, leading to arm pain and inability to lift, heavy sensation in the waist and legs, abdominal fullness, and lack of appetite.