Stomach-Harmonizing Paste

Stomach-Harmonizing Paste,For infants who cry incessantly, experience choking or obstruction due to milk-induced qi reversal, or suffer from a weak stomach with impaired qi circulation, resulting in fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, as well as frequent vomiting; or for cases of regurgitation.

Formulas Name : Stomach-Harmonizing Paste

Chinese Name : 和胃膏

Drug Formulation

Ginseng (root removed) 1 liang, Agastache leaves (soil removed) 1 liang, Mercury 1 liang, Loquat leaves (first roasted to remove hairs, then coated with ginger juice and roasted until fragrant and thoroughly cooked) 1 liang,Poria cocos 1 liang, licorice (roasted) half a liang, nutmeg (wrapped in flour and slow-roasted until cooked) half a liang, sulfur (ground into a fine powder; mixed with mercury in an iron pot, stirred continuously over heat while grinding into a paste, then allowed to cool) half a liang.

Source

From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder; then stir-fry the sulfur and mercury together until well blended, add them to the powder, and grind again until uniformly fine. Mix with refined honey to form a paste.

Benefits

For infants who cry incessantly, experience choking or obstruction due to milk-induced qi reversal, or suffer from a weak stomach with impaired qi circulation, resulting in fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, as well as frequent vomiting; or for cases of regurgitation.

Instructions for Use

For each child aged 1 year, administer an amount roughly the size of a Paulownia seed, dissolved in a decoction of ginger and jujube; adjust the dosage according to the child’s size. To treat regurgitation, administer an amount roughly the size of a soapberry.

Stomach-Harmonizing Paste,From *General Essentials of Health* (Vol. 10).,For infants who cry incessantly, experience choking or obstruction due to milk-induced qi reversal, or suffer from a weak stomach with impaired qi circulation, resulting in fullness and distension in the chest and diaphragm, as well as frequent vomiting; or for cases of regurgitation.

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