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Zhishi Daozhi Pills,For conditions where damp-heat has caused food to remain undigested, leading to epigastric fullness, restlessness, and agitation; chest fullness and abdominal pain caused by spleen-stomach damp-heat; indigestion; food stagnation with diarrhea; or dysentery with pus and blood, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Formulas Name : Zhishi Daozhi Pills

Chinese Name : 枳实导滞丸

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb 1 liang, Zhi Shi (fried with wheat bran, seeds removed) 5 qian, Shen Qu (fried) 5 qian, Poria (peeled) 3 qian, Scutellaria (rot removed) 3 qian, Coptis (sorted and cleaned) 3 qian, Atractylodes 3 qian, Alisma 2 qian.

Source

From *Discrimination of Internal and External Injuries*, Volume 2.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with steamed buns soaked in hot water to form pills the size of a Paulownia seed.

Benefits

For conditions where damp-heat has caused food to remain undigested, leading to epigastric fullness, restlessness, and agitation; chest fullness and abdominal pain caused by spleen-stomach damp-heat; indigestion; food stagnation with diarrhea; or dysentery with pus and blood, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

Instructions for Use

Take 50–70 pills per dose, washed down with warm water some time after a meal.

Zhishi Daozhi Pills,From *Discrimination of Internal and External Injuries*, Volume 2.,For conditions where damp-heat has caused food to remain undigested, leading to epigastric fullness, restlessness, and agitation; chest fullness and abdominal pain caused by spleen-stomach damp-heat; indigestion; food stagnation with diarrhea; or dysentery with pus and blood, accompanied by tenesmus and a sensation of incomplete evacuation.

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