Effect
Warming and tonifying the spleen and kidney, astringing the intestines to arrest
diarrhea.
Indications
Syndrome due to cold-deficiency of the spleen and kidney, marked by diarrhea before
dawn, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, soreness of the loins, cold limbs,
listlessness, lassitude, pale tongue with thin whitish coating, and deep slow weak
pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as chronic colitis, allergic
colitis and intestinal tuberculosis.
Ingredients
Semen Myristicae (Roudoukou)">Semen Myristicae (Roudoukou) 60 g,
Fructus Schisandrae (Wuweizi) 60 g,
Fructus Psoraleae (Buguzhi) 120 g,
Fructus Evodiae (Wuzhuyu)">Fructus Evodiae (Wuzhuyu) 30 g,
Rhizoma Zingiberis (Shengjiang) 24 g,
Fructus Jujubae (Dazao) 100 dates.
Explanation
Bu Gu Zhi: The principal drug, warming and tonifying the kidney-Yang.
Rou Dou Kou: Warming the spleen to arrest diarrhea, promoting the flow of Qi and
removing stagnated food.
Wu Zhu Yu and Sheng Jiang: Warming the middle-Jiao to expel pathogenic cold.
Wu Wei Zi: Astringing the intestines to arrest diarrhea.
Da Zao: Tonifying the spleen and benefiting the stomach.
Administration
Da Zao without the cores is boiled up to being done, The other ingredients are ground
into fine powder, which is mixed with the boiled Da Zao mo pills. 6-9 g of the pills
is taken each time, twice daily. Or all the ingredients are decocted in water for oral
dose after the amounts of the drugs are reduced according to the proportions in the
original prescription.