formula | Spleen-Warming Decoction Wen Pi Tang |
source | Volume 8 of "Treatise on Diseases, Patterns, and Formulas from the Three Causes" |
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bubble_chart Composition Dried ginger 45 gm, Angelica sinensis, Phellodendron chinense, Sanguisorba officinalis, each 60 gm, Donkey-hide gelatin (stir-fried with bran until scorched), Fennel (stir-fried), Punica granatum peel, Coptis chinensis, each 30 gm.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Take the above ingredients and grind them into powder. Each dose is 12 grams, decocted with 300 ml of water until reduced to 210 ml. Remove the dregs and administer while warm.
bubble_chart Indications
Chronic dysentery with yin deficiency, lingering damp-heat, and weakened spleen yang, presenting with mixed red and white dysentery, abdominal pain, and tenesmus.