Mengjiang Huanglian Pills，From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 4.，For cases where cold foods during pregnancy have injured the spleen, pungent and sour foods have damaged the stomach, and imbalances between cold and heat have caused fetal instability, stagnation of qi and blood, and intermittent red or white diarrhea—with intestinal rumbling, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, and anal pain.
Mengjiang Huanglian Pills
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Formulas Name : Mengjiang Huanglian Pills
Chinese Name : 蒙姜黄连丸
Drug Formulation
Dried ginger (roasted) 1 liang, Coptis (stems removed) 1 liang, Amomum villosum (roasted) 1 liang, Ligusticum chuanxiong 1 liang, Donkey-hide gelatin (chopped and roasted with clam powder) 1 liang, Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang, Frankincense 3 qian (ground separately), Fructus Aurantii (pulp removed and roasted) half a liang.
Source
From *Ji Sheng*, Volume 4.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder. Combine with the flesh of 3 salted plums and a small amount of vinegar, then pound into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For cases where cold foods during pregnancy have injured the spleen, pungent and sour foods have damaged the stomach, and imbalances between cold and heat have caused fetal instability, stagnation of qi and blood, and intermittent red or white diarrhea—with intestinal rumbling, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, and anal pain.
Instructions for Use
Take 40 pills per dose: for white diarrhea, take with dried ginger decoction; for red diarrhea, take with licorice decoction; for mixed red and white diarrhea, take with dried ginger and licorice decoction. Take as needed, regardless of the time of day.
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Mengjiang Huanglian Pills,For cases where cold foods during pregnancy have injured the spleen, pungent and sour foods have damaged the stomach, and imbalances between cold and heat have caused fetal instability, stagnation of qi and blood, and intermittent red or white diarrhea—with intestinal rumbling, a sensation of incomplete evacuation, and anal pain.