| formula | Middle-Regulating Decoction Li Zhong Tang |
| source | Shanghan Lun |
Ginseng, Dried Ginger, Roasted Licorice, and Atractylodes, 9 grams each.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Take the above ingredients, cut and crushed. Use 1.6 liters of water, decoct to 600 ml, remove the dregs. Administer 200 ml while warm each time, three times a day. After taking the decoction, consume about 200 ml of hot porridge after a short while, keep warm, and do not remove clothing or blankets.
Warming the middle and dispelling cold, tonifying qi and invigorating spleen.
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 loss of blood, 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. Currently used for acute and chronic gastritis, antral gastritis, ulcer disease, gastroptosis, chronic hepatitis, and other conditions characterized by deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
In the formula, Dried Ginger warms and activates the middle energizer, serving as the sovereign herb to dispel cold pathogens; Ginseng tonifies qi and invigorates the spleen, assisting Dried Ginger to stimulate spleen yang as the minister herb; White Atractylodes Rhizome is used as the adjuvant herb to invigorate the spleen and dry dampness, promoting the healthy movement of spleen yang; Prepared Liquorice Root acts as the envoy herb to harmonize the other herbs and also tonifies the spleen and harmonizes the middle, combined with honey to form pills, utilizing its sweet and moderating properties to regulate and tonify the spleen and stomach. When these herbs are used together, they revitalize the middle energizer, strengthen the spleen and stomach, restore the functions of ascending lucidity and descending turbidity, thereby curing vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain.
