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warm Spleen-Yang.

• Ren Shen and Bai Zhu tonify Spleen-Qi.


• Gan Jiang warms the Middle and expels internal Cold.


• Zhi Gan Cao both tonifies Spleen-Qi and harmonizes.

Variations

• In case of pronounced internal Cold symptoms (such as a more severe abdominal pain
  and diarrhoea) add: Gao Liang Jiang Rhizoma Alpiniae officinari or Ding Xiang Flos
  Caryophylli.

Patent Remedy

Li Zhong Wan
(Regulating the Centre Pill)

Gan Jiang Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis

Bai Zhu Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae

Dang Shen Radix Codonopsis pilosulae

Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis

Explanation

This remedy has the same ingredients and functions as the prescription of the same name.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Pale and wet body.

Kidney-Yang Deficiency

Clinical Manifestations

Extreme tiredness, exhaustion, listlessness, mental depression, lack of will-power, no desire to
go out, soreness of the lower back, frequent-pale urination, bright-white complexion, feeling of
cold, cold limbs especially legs, diarrhoea, weak knees, impotence in men, lack of sexual desire
in both men and women. In severe cases there might be oedema of the ankles.

Tongue: Pale, Swollen.