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rx
formula
Apricot Seed and Linum F.
chinese formulae
definition
Apricot Seed and Linum F. = Ma Zi Ren Wan = "Hemp Seed Pill"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 535; Yeung, p. 158; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 151; Bensky and Barolet, p. 123.
signs and symptoms: Constipation with hard, dry stool; hemorrhoids; especially good for the elderly and those with a delicate constitution and dry skin.
tongue and pulse: Dry, yellow tongue coating, and deep, rapid or floating, choppy pulse.
indications: Stomach and Large Intestine Heat. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as habitual, postpartum, or postsurgical constipation, and hemorrhoids.
cautions and contraindications: Modify when treating the very weak, or for constipation due solely to Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency). Contraindicated during pregnancy.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 20 grams: linum (ma zi ren).
» 10 grams: white peony (bai shao yao).
» 6 grams: apricot seed (xing ren), chih-shih (zhi shi), rhubarb (da huang), magnolia bark (hou po).
modifications:
» in severe weakness, omit rhubarb (da huang) and add mirabilitum (mang xiao).
» for severe Dryness of the Fluids, add biota (bai zi ren) and trichosanthes seed (gua lou ren).
» for severe Heat accumulation with a yellow tongue coating and a rapid pulse, increase the dosage of rhubarb (da huang) and add mirabilitum (mang xiao).
» for painful hemorrhoids, add persica (tao ren) and Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui).
» for bleeding hemorrhoids, add sophora flower (huai hua mi) and sanguisorba (di yu).
» for Spleen Qi Xu (Deficiency) causing hemorrhoids, take with Ginseng and Astragalus C. (Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang).
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