Warm the Middle Method Pills

Warm the Middle Method Pills,Spleen Bi, manifesting as coughing up fluid.

Formulas Name : Warm the Middle Method Pills

Chinese Name : 温中法曲丸

Drug Formulation

Faqu (roasted) 5 he, Evodia fruit (soaked in hot water, then roasted) 5 he,wheat sprouts (lightly roasted) 5 he, Zhi Shi (pulp removed, roasted with wheat bran) 3 liang, licorice (roasted) 3 liang, cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed) 3 liang, Hou Po (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice) 3 liang, Angelica sinensis (sliced, baked) 3 liang,Poria (black skin removed) 3 liang, Asarum (stems and leaves removed) 1 liang, Dried Ginger (roasted) 1 liang, Ophiopogon (core removed, baked) 1 liang, Ginseng 1 liang, Platycodon (roasted) 1 liang, Aconite (roasted until cracked, skin and navel removed) 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 19.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, mix with refined honey to form pills the size of a paulownia seed.

Benefits

Spleen Bi, manifesting as coughing up fluid.

Instructions for Use

Take 7 pills per dose, washed down with boiled water before meals, three times a day.

Warm the Middle Method Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 19.,Spleen Bi, manifesting as coughing up fluid.

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