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
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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.
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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.