Zhongru Yihuang Pills，From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For children with persistent diarrhea, diarrhea accompanied by food stagnation, abdominal distension due to malnutrition, and a complete loss of appetite.
Zhongru Yihuang Pills
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Formulas Name : Zhongru Yihuang Pills
Chinese Name : 钟乳益黄丸
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of starch, half a liang of yellow丹, 7 grains of croton seed (shells removed; grind these three ingredients—starch, yellow丹, and croton seed—together until uniform, mix with water to form a lump, air-dry in the shade, place on a tile, calcine over a fire of well-burned charcoal until red-hot, remove from the fire and let stand for three nights to eliminate the fire toxicity, then grind to a fine powder), half a liang of refined calcite powder, half a liang of cloves,pomegranate peel (roasted until charred) half liang, Amomum villosum seeds half liang, ginseng (root tip removed) 2.5 qian, cinnabar (ground separately) 2.5 qian, wood fragrant 7.5 qian, white cardamom seeds 7 qian, chebulic myrobalan (roasted and pitted) 7 qian, Coptis chinensis 4 qian, black plums 10 (remove flesh, roast).
Source
From *Yang’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 18.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, then mix with boiled wheat paste to form pills the size of millet grains.
Benefits
For children with persistent diarrhea, diarrhea accompanied by food stagnation, abdominal distension due to malnutrition, and a complete loss of appetite.
Instructions for Use
Take 15 pills per dose, increasing to 20 pills as needed; take on an empty stomach or before breastfeeding or meals, washed down with a decoction of wood apple and aged tangerine peel.
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Zhongru Yihuang Pills,For children with persistent diarrhea, diarrhea accompanied by food stagnation, abdominal distension due to malnutrition, and a complete loss of appetite.