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Ginseng and Ginger C.
chinese formulae

definition

Ginseng and Ginger C. = Li Zhong Wan = "Regulate the Middle Pill"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 219; Hsu, 1980, p. 295; Yeung, p. 144.
signs and symptoms: Gastrointestinal weakness, nausea and vomiting, no particular thirst, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, diarrhea with watery stool, fatigue, cold hands and feet, edema.
tongue and pulse: pale tongue with a white coating, and deep, thin pulse.
indications: Spleen Yang Xu (Deficiency). With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as intoxication, acute and chronic gastroenteritis, gastric weakness, dyspepsia, pernicious vomiting, excessive salivation, peptic ulcer, diarrhea, intestinal bleeding, hemorrhoidal bleeding, tapeworm, cholera, mild labor pains, uterine bleeding, leukorrhea, diabetes, chilled feet.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for Wind Heat or Yin Xu (Deficiency) syndromes. In Sudden Turmoil Disorder, its use should be discontinued once the vomiting and diarrhea have stopped.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 10 grams: ginseng (ren shen).
» 6 grams: white atractylodes (bai zhu), dry ginger (gan jiang).
» 3 grams: honey-baked licorice (zhi gan cao).
modifications:
» for upset stomach and vomiting, add fresh ginger (sheng jiang), pinellia (ban xia), cardamon (bai dou kou) and cloves (ding xiang).
» for bleeding due to Yang Xu (Deficiency), substitute quick-fried ginger (pao jiang) for dry ginger (gan jiang) and add astragalus (huang qi), Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui) and gelatin (e jiao).
» for palpitations, add poria (fu ling).
» for edema, add alisma (ze xie) and poria (fu ling).


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