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Source: Hé Jì Jú Fāng 和剂局方

Ingredients:

• Bàn xià (半夏 Pinelliae Rhizoma, pinellia [rhizome])
• Liú huáng (硫黄 Sulphur , sulfur)
• Jiāng zhī (姜汁 Zingiberis Rhizomatis Succus, ginger juice)

Action: Warms the spleen and kidney and frees the stool.

Indication: Vacuity cold constipation due to insufficiency of kidney yáng in weak elderly patients. Can also be used for diarrhea due to kidney yáng vacuity.

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Method: Equal proportions of pinellia and sulfur ground to a fine powder, blended with ginger juice, and formed into pills the size of mung beans.

Dosage: 6–9g at a time taken with warm water.Jap: 3–5g 1–2 times a day.

Rationale: Liú huáng supplements the life gate fire, thereby helping to stimulate the spleen. Bàn xià fortifies the spleen and stomach, and has a downbearing action that is complementary to the Liú huáng.

Similar: Jì chuān jiān (济川煎 Ferry Brew)

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