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Source: Yǐn Shí Biàn Lù 饮食辩录

Ingredients

• Huáng jīng (黄精 Polygonati Rhizoma, polygonatum [root]) 15–30g
• Jīng mǐ (粳米 Oryzae Semen, non-glutinous rice) 60g
• Bái shā táng (白沙糖 Saccharon Granulatum Album, white sugar) (to taste)

Actions: Supplements the spleen and stomach; moistens the heart and lung.

Indications: Spleen-stomach vacuity, fatigue and lack of strength, and reduced eating; lung vacuity cough or dry cough without phlegm; and coughing of blood in pulmonary consumption.

Method: Make a strong decoction of polygonatum. Strain, and then boil with rice to make a gruel. Double the weight of fresh polygonatum may be used instead; wash, slice, and decoct like the dry form.

Rationale: Huáng jīng is sweet and balanced. It enters the lung and spleen channels, and has a moistening effect. Made into a gruel with rice, it can be used for any type of vacuity detriment, irrespective of whether yīn, yáng, qì, or blood is affected.

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