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• In case of some residual Damp-Heat add: Ze Xie Rhizoma Alismatis orientalis, Sha Ren
  Fructus seu Semen Amomi and Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis.


• In case of residual Dampness without Heat add Fu Ling Sclerotium Poriae cocos, Sha
  Ren Fructus seu Semen Amomi and Yi Yi Ren Semen Coicis lachryma jobi.


• In case of some remaining Heat add: Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis (for
  Lung-Heat), Zhu Ye Herba Lophatheri gracilis (for Heart-Heat), or Huang Lian Rhizoma
  Coptidis (for Stomach-Heat).

Patent Remedy

Bu Zhong Yi Qi Wan
(Tonifying the Centre and Benefiting Qi Pill)

Huang Qi Radix Astragali membranacei

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae

Dang Gui Radix Angelicae sinensis

Chen Pi Pericarpium Citri reticulatae

Sheng Ma Rhizoma Cimicifugae

Chai Hu Radix Bupleuri

Sheng Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis recens

Da Zao Fructus Ziziphi jujubae

Explanation

This well-known remedy is ideal to treat ME when the condition is predominantly deficient. It
will boost the patient's energy as it tonifies Qi; on a mental level, it will lift their mood as it
raises Qi, and it will lightly clear any residual Heat due to the presence of Chai Hu and Sheng
Ma.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale body and the absence of a
thicksticky coating.

Case History 25.10

Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: Lung- and Spleen-Qi Deficiency-Female, Age

40

A 40-year-old woman had been suffering from what had been diagnosed as ME for the previous