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Amomum Porridge

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Amomum Porridge,Vomiting, hollow abdominal pain, shortness of breath with coughing and retching, and abdominal distension and fullness. Abdominal pain and diarrhea or dysentery due to spleen-stomach deficiency-cold; indigestion; epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness; loss of appetite; and vomiting due to qi reversal.

Formulas Name : Amomum Porridge

Chinese Name : 砂仁粥

Drug Formulation

Jingmi (glutinous rice), Amomum villosum (roasted and ground into powder).

Source

From *Lao Lao Heng Yan*, Volume 5.

Benefits

Vomiting, hollow abdominal pain, shortness of breath with coughing and retching, and abdominal distension and fullness. Abdominal pain and diarrhea or dysentery due to spleen-stomach deficiency-cold; indigestion; epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness; loss of appetite; and vomiting due to qi reversal.

Instructions for Use

First, cook the japonica rice into porridge; once the porridge is ready, stir in the finely ground amomum and consume.

Amomum Porridge,From *Lao Lao Heng Yan*, Volume 5.,Vomiting, hollow abdominal pain, shortness of breath with coughing and retching, and abdominal distension and fullness. Abdominal pain and diarrhea or dysentery due to spleen-stomach deficiency-cold; indigestion; epigastric and abdominal distension and fullness; loss of appetite; and vomiting due to qi reversal.

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