Prescriptions for Warming the Middle-Jiao to Dispel Pathogenic Cold
Gui Fu Li Zhong Wan (桂附理中丸)
Name
The Prescription of 桂附理中丸
Ingredients
Rou Gui 30 g,Fu Zi 30 g,Dang Shen 90 g,Bai Zhu 90 g,Pao Jiang 90 g,Zhi Gan Cao 90 g.Explanation
Bai Zhu: Strengthening the spleen and drying dampness.
Zhi Gan Cao: Replenishing Qi and regulating the stomach.
Fu Zi: Restoring yang from collapse, reinforcing fire and strengthening yang, dispelling cold to alleviate pain.
Dang Shen: Invigorating lung-qi and spleen-qi, nourishing blood and promoting the generation of body fluid.
Pao Jiang: Warming meridians and stopping bleeding, warming the spleen and stomach and alleviating pain.
Rou Gui: Reinforcing fire and strengthening yang, dispelling cold and relieving pain, warming meridians and collaterals.
The Effect of 桂附理中丸
Effect
Tonify the kidney and yang, warm the spleen and stomach and strengthen the spleen.
Indications
Deficiency of kidney-yang, deficiency cold in spleen and stomach, vomit with diarrhea, abdominal pain, cold limbs.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with honey into pills.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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