Fu Lao Li Zhong Powder，From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 6.，For emaciated and elderly patients suffering from cold qi and nausea, undigested food and drink, abdominal distension due to deficiency, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, as well as cholera with vomiting, cold extremities, restlessness, oppression, and profuse sweating.
Fu Lao Li Zhong Powder
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Formulas Name : Fu Lao Li Zhong Powder
Chinese Name : 扶老理中散
Drug Formulation
Ginseng 5 liang, Dried Ginger 6 liang, White Atractylodes 5 liang, Ophiopogon 3 liang (core removed), Aconite 3 liang (roasted), Poria 3 liang, Licorice 5 liang (roasted).
Source
From *Xiaopin Fang*, cited in *Wai Tai*, Volume 6.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a powder. When symptoms arise, boil three he of the mixture in clear water; mix one fangcun bi of the powder with the decoction and drink it. If one dose is ineffective, take another. It may also be made into pills for long-term use; mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For emaciated and elderly patients suffering from cold qi and nausea, undigested food and drink, abdominal distension due to deficiency, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, as well as cholera with vomiting, cold extremities, restlessness, oppression, and profuse sweating.
Instructions for Use
Take 20 pills per dose, washed down with wine.
Note
Avoid seaweed, Chinese cabbage, pork, peaches, plums, sparrow meat, and strong vinegar.
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Fu Lao Li Zhong Powder,For emaciated and elderly patients suffering from cold qi and nausea, undigested food and drink, abdominal distension due to deficiency, muscle stiffness, shortness of breath, as well as cholera with vomiting, cold extremities, restlessness, oppression, and profuse sweating.