戊己丸

The Prescription of 戊己丸

Source

The book Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang

Ingredients

• Huang Lian 10 g,
• Wu Zhu Yu 10 g,
• Bai Shao 10 g.

Explanation

Huang Lian: Dispelling pathogenic fire from the heart and the middle-Jiao.

Wu Zhu Yu: Warming the stomach to disperse cold, removing stagnated food, descending Qi to lower the turbid.

Bai Shao: Tonifying blood, astringing yin to check sweating, emolliating liver to alleviate pain, calming and suppressing liver yang.

The Effect of 戊己丸

Effect

Soothe the liver and regulate the spleen, clear heat and harmonize the stomach.

Indications

Stomachache with acid regurgitation, abdominal pain with diarrhea.

Administrations

Ground into powder and mixed with flour into pills. 6 g of the pills is taken each time with rice decoction, three times a day; or decocted in water for the decoction with the dosage of the ingredients adequately reduced according to their proportions.