Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Warming Middle to dispel cold - Li Zhong Tang
                            

                          Li Zhong Tang
                     Middle- Regulating Pills


SOURCE: Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold-Attack)
INGREDIENTS:
Ren Shen (Ginseng) 6g
Gan Jian (Dry ginger) 5 g
Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice root) 6g
Bai Zhu (Bighead atractylodes rhizome) 9g
DIRECTIONS: Grind the above herbs into powder then mix with honey to make into from of pills as large as yolk.
Taking one pill with lukewarm water each time. Or the above herbs could be decocted in water for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Warming the middle to dispel cold, reinforcing the spleen qi.
INDICATIONS:
(1) Deficient cold of the middle jiao manifested by diarrhea without thirst, vomiting, abdominal distention and pain,
anorexia, and cholera.
(2) Yang deficiency and blood loss.
(3) Chronic infantile convulsion, sleepy and sialorrhea after recovery from illness, and chest congestion, etc, due to
deficient cold of the middle jiao.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a representative formula for deficient cold of the spleen and stomach. Being
pungent flavor and hot nature, dry ginger acts as the main herb to warm the middle for dispelling cold and relieving pain.
As the as assistant herb, Hong (Ren) Shen (ginseng) reinforces the middle qi. Bai Zhu (Bighead atractylodes rhizome) is
the adjuvant herb to dry dampness and to strengthen the spleen-qi for recovering the normal ascending and descending.
Zhi Gan Cao (Licorice root) acts as the dispatcher herb to tonify the middle qi and to harmonize all the components.
In the present clinic, this formula has affirmative effects on treating acute of chronic gastroenteritis, gastric and duodenal
ulcer, gastroptosia, chronic colitis, chronic bronchitis, ascariasis, menorrhagia pertaining to deficient cold of the spleen
and stomach.

           ASSOCIATED FORMULAE FOR LI ZHONG TANG

(1) Gui Zhi Jia Ren Shen Tang
(Cassia Twig and Ginseng Decoction)
SOURCE: Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Attack) :
INGREDIENTS:  
Gui Zhi (Cassia twig) 6g,
Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice root) 9g,
Bai Zhu (bighead atractylodes rhizome) 9g,
Ren She (ginseng) 6 g ,
Gan Jian (dry ginger) 5 g .
The above herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration.
Effects: Warming the interior and relieving the exterior, reinforcing qi for relieving stuffiness.
Indications: Not relief of the exterior syndrome after applying several purgation to the Taiyang diseases manifested by
fever with persistent diarrhea, stuffiness and hardness of epigastrium.

(2) Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan (Aconite Middle-Regulating Pills)
SOURCE: He Ji Ju Fang  (Formulae of Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary)
INGREDIENTS:  
Ren She (ginseng)30g,
Bai Zhu (bighead atractylodes rhizome ) 30g,
Gan Jian (dry ginger) 30g, Zhi Gan Cao (Roasted licorice root) 30,
Zhi Fu Zi (prepared aconite lateral root) 30g.
The above herbs should be ground into fine powder, then mix with honey to be made into form of pills.
Effects: Warming yang to dispel cold, strengthening the spleen qi.
Indications: Deficient cold of the spleen and stomach with attack of wind cold marked by epigastric pain, vomiting and
diarrhea with spasm.

(3) Zhi Shi Li Zhong Wan (Unrippen Bitter Orange Middle-Regulating Pills ),
SOUCE: (Formulae of Peaceful Benevolent Dispensary) :
On the basis of Li Zhong Wan (Middle-Regulating Pills), Zhi Shi (unrippen bitter orange) and Fu Ling (poria) are
added. It can regulate the middle jiao for relieving stuffiness and fullness as well as expel fluid retention for relieving
abdominal pain.

(4) Lian Li Tang (Coptis Middle-Regulating Decoction )
SOURCE: Zhen Yin Mai Zhi  (Syndrome-Cause-Pulse- Treatment) :
On the basis of  Li Zhong Wan (Middle-Regulating Decoction),Huang Lian ( coptis root) is added. It is used mainly to
treat deficient cold of the spleen and stomach marked by vomiting with acid regurgitation, taut and slow pulse.

(5) Zhong Hua Tang Wan (Li Middle-Regulating and Phlegm-Resolving Pills )
SOURCE: Ming Yi Zha Zhu (Miscellanea of Famous Physicians)
On the basis of Li Zhong Wan (middle-Regulating Pills) ,Jiang Ban Jia  (pinellia tuber) and Fu Ling (poria) are added .
Effects: Strengthening the spleen qi to resolve phlegm.
Indications: Deficient cold of the spleen and stomach with internal retention of phlegm manifested by vomiting, poor
appetite, or loose bowel with undigested food, cough with expectoration of phlegm and saliva.