formula | Middle-Regulating Pill Li Zhong Wan |
bubble_chart Composition Ginseng, dried ginger, roasted licorice, and white atractylodes, each 90 grams.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Crush and sieve the above four ingredients, mix with honey to form pills the size of an egg yolk. Take one pill, crush it, and mix with several measures of boiling water. Administer while warm, three to four times a day, and twice at night. If the abdomen does not feel warm after taking, the dosage can be increased to three to four pills, but this is not as effective as the decoction.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Warming the middle and dispelling cold, tonifying qi and invigorating spleen.
bubble_chart Indications
Spleen-stomach yang deficiency pattern, spontaneous diarrhea without thirst, vomiting, abdominal pain, abdominal distension and fullness, loss of appetite, and cold in the middle cholera; yang deficiency with blood loss, such as hematemesis, bloody stool, or menorrhagia and metrostaxis; chest stuffiness deficiency pattern, chest pain radiating to the back, fatigue, shortness of qi, and cold limbs.