Rice-Spoon Pills,*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.,For spleen-related diarrhea.
Rice-Spoon Pills
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Formulas Name : Rice-Spoon Pills
Chinese Name : 饭匙丸
Drug Formulation
1 jin of rice-cooking residue powder (i.e., the burnt residue from a rice pot), half a jin of lotus seed (with the core removed and ground into powder), and half a jin of Huaiqing yam (stir-fried until fragrant and ground into powder).
Source
*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.
Processing
Measure the ingredients using the rice-spoon residue as a unit, mix into a paste, and form into pills the size of a paulownia seed.
Benefits
For spleen-related diarrhea.
Instructions for Use
For severe damp-heat conditions, take 100 pills per dose, washed down with a decoction of Qingpi, or with rice water; for spleen deficiency, take with Atractylodes decoction, one dose on an empty stomach and one after a meal.
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Rice-Spoon Pills,For spleen-related diarrhea.