Li Zhong Wan 理中丸
Regulate the Middle Pill
TCM
Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220
Powder and form honey pills
Warms and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach
Nausea, poor appetite, abdominal pain, pale tongue with white coat, deep and weak pulse
1. Chronic Gastritis
2. Gastric or duodenal Ulcers
3. Chronic Colitis
4. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
5. It can also be used for Cold-type Bleeding: vomiting blood, Blood in the Stool or Uterine Bleeding with cold limbs, feeling cold, fatigue and a deep, weak pulse.
6–9 grams, 2–3 times daily with warm water. It may be taken with Rice porridge
1. Not used in Heat conditions
2. Not used in Yin deficiency.
1. Unless acute or severe, Codonopsis Dang Shen usually replaces Ginseng in modern times with 2–3 times the dosage.
2. For severe Coldness of the Spleen and Stomach, or Spleen Yang deficiency, add prepared Aconitum Zhi Fu Zi. This results in Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan.
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan adds Aconitum (Fu Zi). It is more warming and used for more severe cases.
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Source / Author:
Discussion of Cold Induced Disorders (Shang Han Lun) C.220
Herb NameGan Jiang (dried Ginger)Ren Shen (Ginseng) Bai Zhu (White Atractylodes) Zhi Gan Cao (Fried Licorice) |
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Preparation:
Powder and form honey pills
Function:
Warms and strengthens the Spleen and Stomach
Use:
Nausea, poor appetite, abdominal pain, pale tongue with white coat, deep and weak pulse
1. Chronic Gastritis
2. Gastric or duodenal Ulcers
3. Chronic Colitis
4. Irritable Bowel Syndrome
5. It can also be used for Cold-type Bleeding: vomiting blood, Blood in the Stool or Uterine Bleeding with cold limbs, feeling cold, fatigue and a deep, weak pulse.
Dose:
6–9 grams, 2–3 times daily with warm water. It may be taken with Rice porridge
Cautions:
1. Not used in Heat conditions
2. Not used in Yin deficiency.
Modifications:
1. Unless acute or severe, Codonopsis Dang Shen usually replaces Ginseng in modern times with 2–3 times the dosage.
2. For severe Coldness of the Spleen and Stomach, or Spleen Yang deficiency, add prepared Aconitum Zhi Fu Zi. This results in Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan.
Similar Formulas:
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan adds Aconitum (Fu Zi). It is more warming and used for more severe cases.
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