Life-Restoring and Stomach-Nourishing Pill，*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5.，In cases of deficiency of the True Yuan, disharmony between the heart and stomach, dissipation of vital energy, dampness affecting the spleen, inability to tolerate food, failure to assimilate the five flavors, and body fluids transforming into phlegm and fluid retention that accumulates in the epigastrium—preventing proper transmission—this leads to dryness and constipation in the large intestine, frequent and reddish urination, or occasional vomiting of sour fluid. If left untreated for a long time, it may develop into a condition of gastric reflux and intestinal obstruction.
Life-Restoring and Stomach-Nourishing Pill
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Formulas Name : Life-Restoring and Stomach-Nourishing Pill
Chinese Name : 回生养胃丹
Drug Formulation
Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice washing water for 3 days, washed clean and sun-dried, then soaked again for 3 days) 4 liang,Lotus Seed (soaked in wine overnight) 4 liang, 1 male pig’s stomach (scrub the inner walls clean, stuff with Atractylodes and lotus seeds, sew tightly with thread, simmer in fine wine until tender, then place in a mortar and pound into a paste; shape into small cakes, dry in the oven, and add the remaining ingredients), Pinellia tuber 4 liang (finely chopped, soaked in ginger juice overnight, stir-fried with Fuluogan, then discard the Fuluogan and use the Pinellia.Alternatively, it may be stir-fried with yellow earth), Pinellia tuber 4 liang (soaked, sun-dried, finely sliced, soaked in good vinegar for 7 days, then steamed until tender), dried tangerine peel 4 liang (stir-fried with hearth soil; remove the soil before use), millet 4 liang (soaked in ginger juice, steamed, and roasted), ginseng 1 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang, Poria cocos 1 liang, Magnolia officinalis (stir-fried with ginger juice) 1 liang,Pongshu 1 liang (stir-fried with vinegar), Piper longum 1 liang, Amomum villosum 1 liang, Acorus tatarinowii 1 liang (stir-fried with vinegar), White Cardamom 1 liang, Roasted Barley Sprouts 1 liang, Roasted Wheat Sprouts 1 liang, Licorice 1 liang, Cloves 5 qian, Wood Fragrance 5 qian, Agarwood 5 qian.
Source
*Medical Mirror of Ancient and Modern Times*, Volume 5.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder; form into pills the size of a Paulownia seed using a thin wheat flour paste.
Benefits
In cases of deficiency of the True Yuan, disharmony between the heart and stomach, dissipation of vital energy, dampness affecting the spleen, inability to tolerate food, failure to assimilate the five flavors, and body fluids transforming into phlegm and fluid retention that accumulates in the epigastrium—preventing proper transmission—this leads to dryness and constipation in the large intestine, frequent and reddish urination, or occasional vomiting of sour fluid. If left untreated for a long time, it may develop into a condition of gastric reflux and intestinal obstruction.
Instructions for Use
Take 100 pills per dose, washed down with aged rice soup on an empty stomach.
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Life-Restoring and Stomach-Nourishing Pill,In cases of deficiency of the True Yuan, disharmony between the heart and stomach, dissipation of vital energy, dampness affecting the spleen, inability to tolerate food, failure to assimilate the five flavors, and body fluids transforming into phlegm and fluid retention that accumulates in the epigastrium—preventing proper transmission—this leads to dryness and constipation in the large intestine, frequent and reddish urination, or occasional vomiting of sour fluid. If left untreated for a long time, it may develop into a condition of gastric reflux and intestinal obstruction.