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Four-Ingredient Glutinous Rice Decoction

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Four-Ingredient Glutinous Rice Decoction,For children with chronic diarrhea; for heart-related fatigue causing vomiting and nosebleeds; or for those whose spleen and stomach have been damaged by prolonged use of cold and cooling medications.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Glutinous Rice Decoction

Chinese Name : 四物粱米汤

Drug Formulation

3 sheng of glutinous rice, 3 sheng of rice, 3 sheng of millet, and a piece of beeswax (the size of a marble).

Source

*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 15.

Benefits

For children with chronic diarrhea; for heart-related fatigue causing vomiting and nosebleeds; or for those whose spleen and stomach have been damaged by prolonged use of cold and cooling medications.

Instructions for Use

Boil 3 boilings of glutinous rice in 5 sheng of water, then strain; use the remaining liquid to boil 3 boilings of rice, then strain; use the remaining liquid to boil 3 boilings of millet, then strain; add the wax to the liquid to temper it, and once the wax has melted, strain and administer the resulting decoction.

Four-Ingredient Glutinous Rice Decoction,*Qian Jin* (Thousand Gold), Volume 15.,For children with chronic diarrhea; for heart-related fatigue causing vomiting and nosebleeds; or for those whose spleen and stomach have been damaged by prolonged use of cold and cooling medications.

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