Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat in Zang-Fu Organs
Wu Ji Wan
Name
The Prescription of Wu Ji Wan
Source
The book Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
Ingredients
Huang Lian 10 g,Wu Zhu Yu 10 g,Bai Shao 10 g.Explanation
Huang Lian: Dispelling pathogenic fire from the heart and the middle-Jiao.
Wu Zhu Yu: Warming the stomach to disperse cold, removing stagnated food, descending Qi to lower the turbid.
Bai Shao: Tonifying blood, astringing yin to check sweating, emolliating liver to alleviate pain, calming and suppressing liver yang.
The Effect of Wu Ji Wan
Effect
Soothe the liver and regulate the spleen, clear heat and harmonize the stomach.
Indications
Stomachache with acid regurgitation, abdominal pain with diarrhea.
Administrations
Ground into powder and mixed with flour into pills. 6 g of the pills is taken each time with rice decoction, three times a day; or decocted in water for the decoction with the dosage of the ingredients adequately reduced according to their proportions.
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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