Licorice and Evodia Pill,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.,For deficiency-cold in the viscera, weakness of the spleen and stomach, failure to digest grains, loose stools and dysentery, pain in the chest and abdomen, abdominal distension and borborygmi, and reduced appetite.
Licorice and Evodia Pill
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Formulas Name : Licorice and Evodia Pill
Chinese Name : 甘草茱萸丸
Drug Formulation
Wu Zhu Yu 4 liang (soak in 1 sheng each of wine and vinegar for 1 fu; boil until the wine and vinegar are completely evaporated; bake dry; then stir-fry until cooked), licorice 1 liang, gardenia 1 piece the size of a marble (burn until uniformly red; quench with vinegar 7 times), dried ginger 1 liang, Amomum villosum 1 fen, nutmeg 5 pieces (large ones, used with the skin).
Source
From *Ji Feng*, Volume 14.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder. Form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a paste made from wheat flour boiled in wine.
Benefits
For deficiency-cold in the viscera, weakness of the spleen and stomach, failure to digest grains, loose stools and dysentery, pain in the chest and abdomen, abdominal distension and borborygmi, and reduced appetite.
Instructions for Use
Take 10–15 pills per dose, washed down with roasted ginger decoction.
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Licorice and Evodia Pill,For deficiency-cold in the viscera, weakness of the spleen and stomach, failure to digest grains, loose stools and dysentery, pain in the chest and abdomen, abdominal distension and borborygmi, and reduced appetite.