Xianglian Zhizhong Decoction，From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.，Indicated for cases where liver yang descends forcefully and spleen yang is also deficient, presenting with loose stools, intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, a desire to defecate that cannot be fully satisfied, and even when defecation occurs, it is accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of sinking in the lower abdomen; the pulse is string-like on the left and weak on the right.
Xianglian Zhizhong Decoction
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Formulas Name : Xianglian Zhizhong Decoction
Chinese Name : 香连治中汤
Drug Formulation
8 fen of Guangmu Xiang, 2 qian of Lu Dangshen (rice-fried), 3 fen of He Pao Jiang, 1 qian of fried Guangpi, 6 fen of Xiao Chuanlian (vinegar-fried), 1.5 qian of raw Dongshu, 5 fen of Qingzhi Cao, and 6 fen of Xiao Qingpi.
Source
From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*.
Benefits
Indicated for cases where liver yang descends forcefully and spleen yang is also deficient, presenting with loose stools, intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, a desire to defecate that cannot be fully satisfied, and even when defecation occurs, it is accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of sinking in the lower abdomen; the pulse is string-like on the left and weak on the right.
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Xianglian Zhizhong Decoction,Indicated for cases where liver yang descends forcefully and spleen yang is also deficient, presenting with loose stools, intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, a desire to defecate that cannot be fully satisfied, and even when defecation occurs, it is accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of sinking in the lower abdomen; the pulse is string-like on the left and weak on the right.