Decoction for Warming the Middle, Harmonizing Qi, and Rescuing Reversal，From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*, Volume 1.，For epidemic cholera characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, profuse cold sweat, a white tongue with no thirst (or, if thirsty, a preference for hot drinks taken in small sips), a pale face and lips, abdominal pain with cramping, and a deep, fine pulse—which may be scattered, disordered, or hidden.
Decoction for Warming the Middle, Harmonizing Qi, and Rescuing Reversal
Formulas Name : Decoction for Warming the Middle, Harmonizing Qi, and Rescuing Reversal
Chinese Name : 温中和气救逆汤
Drug Formulation
3 liang of raw Lu Dang (stir-fried with light ginger juice), 8 qian of soaked Wu Zhu Yu,tender cassia tips 1 liang 2 qian, perilla leaves 8 qian, bleached Atractylodes 2 liang 4 qian (stir-fried with aged hearth soil until nearly black but not charred), Galangal 1 liang 2 qian, Hangzhou white peony root 1 liang 6 qian, western amomum 8 qian, dried ginger 1 liang 6 qian (stir-fried until nearly black), cloves 6 qian, Xuan wood apple 1 liang 6 qian, processed Pinellia 1 liang 2 qian, processed Aconite root 3 liang,roasted licorice root 1 liang 2 qian.
Source
From *New Compilation for Prolonging Life*, Volume 1.
Processing
Select high-quality, authentic medicinal ingredients and prepare them according to the prescribed weights. Separately, take 1 jin of stove-hearth soil, crush it, and boil it in 6 large bowls of river water for half an hour. Strain to remove the sediment. Then, take 6 liang of the second layer of camphor tree bark, add it to the decoction of stove-hearth soil, and simmer to extract the juice. Mix this with the powdered herbs to form pills the size of a paulownia seed. Dry them in an oven, store them in a porcelain jar, and ensure the jar remains airtight.
Benefits
For epidemic cholera characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, profuse cold sweat, a white tongue with no thirst (or, if thirsty, a preference for hot drinks taken in small sips), a pale face and lips, abdominal pain with cramping, and a deep, fine pulse—which may be scattered, disordered, or hidden.
Instructions for Use
Adults: Take 3–4 qian per dose with hot water; if not cured, take another dose. For children aged 1–2 years, administer an appropriate amount. If vomiting is severe and no medicine can be retained, quickly use 7 dried lotus root nodes, decoct them in 1 bowl of water, and then use this decoction to swallow the pills.
Decoction for Warming the Middle, Harmonizing Qi, and Rescuing Reversal,For epidemic cholera characterized by severe vomiting and diarrhea, cold extremities, profuse cold sweat, a white tongue with no thirst (or, if thirsty, a preference for hot drinks taken in small sips), a pale face and lips, abdominal pain with cramping, and a deep, fine pulse—which may be scattered, disordered, or hidden.