Atractylodes 1000 gm (soaked in rice water for two nights) Yellow wine starter 120 gm (stir-fried with Atractylodes until red) Alum 500 gm (mixed with vinegar, sun-dried, and calcined in a bottle)

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with vinegar, and form into pills the size of phoenix tree seeds. Take 30-40 pills per dose, with good wine or rice water, two to three times daily.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Drying dampness and invigorating the spleen, purging the liver and dispersing stagnation.

bubble_chart Indications

Spleen-earth weakness, liver-wood qi exuberance, skin yellowish puffiness like earth color, heart abdominal distension and fullness, limb fatigue and weakness, able to eat but not digest. Also treats infantile malnutrition with accumulation, malaria and dysentery.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, the green alum, which is green in color and sour in taste, turns red when burned. It can enter the blood aspect to subdue wood, as well as dry dampness and transform phlegm, promote urination, and eliminate food stagnation. It treats swelling and yellowish puffiness, as well as malaria and infantile malnutrition with accumulation. Atractylodes Rhizome and yellow wine lees invigorate the spleen and dry dampness, eliminate stagnation, and harmonize the stomach. Combined with green alum, they support the earth and subdue wood. When these three herbs are used together, the liver is able to disperse and the spleen is able to transport effectively. With the elimination of food retention, the yellowish puffiness naturally recedes, and infantile malnutrition with accumulation can be cured.