Formula for Fattening the Body，From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 379), citing *Formulas for the Complete Care of Infants*.，For children who are emaciated, with weak internal organs; suffering from diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency and loose stools; reduced intake of breast milk or food; excessive thirst; and distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen.
Formula for Fattening the Body
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Formulas Name : Formula for Fattening the Body
Chinese Name : 肥肌方
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of cloves, half a liang of frankincense, half a liang of cardamom (shelled) (wrap these three ingredients in flour, place them together in slow-burned lime, and roast until the flour is cooked; remove and let cool), half a liang of chebulic myrobalan (roasted, pitted), half a liang of Euryale seed, and 1 liang of aloe (finely ground).
Source
From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Vol. 379), citing *Formulas for the Complete Care of Infants*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Form into pills the size of a sesame seed using date pulp.
Benefits
For children who are emaciated, with weak internal organs; suffering from diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency and loose stools; reduced intake of breast milk or food; excessive thirst; and distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen.
Instructions for Use
Take 3–7 pills per dose, washed down with warm rice water. Before breastfeeding or meals, give the child soft rice pills the size of millet grains; for a 1-year-old, give 20 pills. Another formula: Dissolve a piece of yellow, withered fat the size of a finger into one crushed egg, stir-fry until cooked, and have the child eat it all. Then have the child swallow the pills mentioned above. This treatment is remarkably effective for chronic diarrhea caused by malnutrition. In Tang’s formula, date pulp is not used to make the pills, as rice and rice water are absorbed by the spleen.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 24, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 24, 2026
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Formula for Fattening the Body,For children who are emaciated, with weak internal organs; suffering from diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency and loose stools; reduced intake of breast milk or food; excessive thirst; and distension and fullness in the chest and abdomen.