Zicheng Decoction

Zicheng Decoction,For consumptive disorders with seminal emission and night sweats; poor appetite and diarrhea; menstrual blood failing to follow its normal course; women with unstoppable metrorrhagia and menorrhagia; and those with consumptive disorders who cannot tolerate Atractylodes, Poria, Angelica, or Rehmannia.

Formulas Name : Zicheng Decoction

Chinese Name : 资成汤

Drug Formulation

1 qian of ginseng, 1 qian of white peony root, 1 qian of mung beans, 1 qian of Chinese yam, 1 qian of Poria cocos, 8 fen of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 6 fen of tangerine peel, 5 fen of licorice, 1 qian 5 fen of lotus seed, 3 fen of sandalwood.

Source

From *The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 10.

Benefits

For consumptive disorders with seminal emission and night sweats; poor appetite and diarrhea; menstrual blood failing to follow its normal course; women with unstoppable metrorrhagia and menorrhagia; and those with consumptive disorders who cannot tolerate Atractylodes, Poria, Angelica, or Rehmannia.

Instructions for Use

Take one healthy, disease-free pig’s stomach; wash it with wine and scrub it clean, then use the clear broth to decoct the herbs. Alternatively, it may be made into pills.

Zicheng Decoction,From *The Collection of Bu Ju*, Volume 10.,For consumptive disorders with seminal emission and night sweats; poor appetite and diarrhea; menstrual blood failing to follow its normal course; women with unstoppable metrorrhagia and menorrhagia; and those with consumptive disorders who cannot tolerate Atractylodes, Poria, Angelica, or Rehmannia.

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