Lizhong Tang is a prescription that is familiar to everyone and can be seen in the treatment of many diseases. Many times, it does not appear alone, but is paired with other prescriptions to form a comprehensive prescription such as Li Zhong Tang, which plays a greater role. What are such combinations? Today we are going to learn 4 combination recipes of Li Zhong Tang.

1. Fuzi Lizhong Decoction

Volume 2 of Fang Yuan's "Three Causes and One Disease Syndrome Prescription".

Consume equal portions of aconite (cannon, peeled navel), ginseng, dried ginger (cannon), licorice (broiled), and atractylodes.

In terms of usage, file it loosely. Take four qian each time, a cup and a half of water, boil until it is seven minutes thick, then take it at any time. If the mouth is silent, then feed it.

Effects: Tonify the kidneys and restore yang, warm the body and dispel cold.

Indications: Indications of deficiency and coldness of the spleen and stomach, abdominal pain, lack of appetite, diarrhea, vomiting, muteness of mouth and limbs, cold syncope, cholera poison, vulvar miasma poison, sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, and slow pulse. Late or severe symptoms; combined with excessive yin and yang, fever and irritability.

Application points

01. Main symptoms

Diarrhea, vomiting, cold and painful abdomen, no thirst or thirst for hot drinks, cold limbs, and mental fatigue. Sleeping, yin exuberant and yang overriding, fever and irritability, pale tongue with white or grayish-black coating and moist tender tongue, slow or thready pulse.

02. Pathogenesis

Spleen and kidney yang is weak, moderate cold is endogenous, and even more yin is excessive and yang is eliminated.

Fang Yifa's Weifuzi Lizhong Decoction is made up of Lizhong Decoction and Sini Decoction. The Lizhong Decoction is used to warm the middle and dispel cold to treat deficiency and cold in the middle Jiao and spleen dysfunction; use Sini Decoction Restore yang and save nihilism to treat kidney yang deficiency, cold yin inside and excess yang outside. Due to insufficient spleen yang, deficiency and cold in the middle burner result in endogenous spleen deficiency and turbidity, resulting in diarrhea and vomiting. The middle Jiao is excessively cold, so the abdomen is cold and painful, which can be slightly relieved by warmth. The mouth is not thirsty or thirsty like hot drinks. The kidney is the root of yin and yang. If the kidney yang is weak, the yang energy of the whole body will be insufficient, so the spirit will be listless, the limbs will be cold, and the lower body will clear the grains. The disease is in the middle and lower burners and is caused by excess of yin and decline of yang, so the pulse appears slow or thin. And when the Yang is extremely weak and the Yin is extremely strong, there will be signs of fever, irritability, and "real winter and holiday fever" due to excessive Yin and excessive Yin. This syndrome is that the Lizhong Decoction alone cannot warm the kidney yang and warm the whole body, nor can it restore the yang and save the syndrome; the Sini Decoction alone cannot warm the middle yang to strengthen the spleen and stomach and dispel cold evil, so the two prescriptions are combined. One is to warm the middle and strengthen the spleen to dispel the deficiency and cold in the middle Jiao; the other is to warm the kidneys and restore yang to exert the effect of relieving adverse events.

2. Xiongguili Zhongtang

Volume 3 of Fang Yuan's "Obstetric Enlightenment".

Consists of ginseng, atractylodes, licorice, dried ginger (fried black), Chuanxiong, and angelica.

Usage: Decoct in water and take warm.

Efficacy] Warm the spleen, invigorate the blood and nourish the blood.

It is mainly used to treat those with severe postpartum fatigue and those with prenatal illness and postpartum fever.

Application Points

01. Main Symptoms

Women who have been pregnant for a long time have constant abdominal pain, shortness of breath and fatigue after delivery, pale complexion, and sometimes body heat. , thirsty and prefers hot drinks but not much, dark tongue, thin white coating, deep, weak and astringent pulse.

02. Pathogenesis

Normally insufficient Zhongyang, weak spleen and stomach, postpartum qi and blood damage, internal stasis of blood stasis.

Fang Yifa Weixionggui Lizhong Decoction is made up of Lizhong Decoction and Xiongguiyin. The Lizhong Decoction is used to warm the spleen and strengthen the spleen to replenish deficiency and dispel cold; use Xiongguiyin to nourish blood and activate blood circulation to repair damage and remove blood stasis. . Insufficient yang in the body will cause the spleen to lose its health, so abdominal cold and pain will occur when Jiuli does not stop. In addition, postpartum damage to qi and blood causes symptoms such as shortness of breath, fatigue, and pale complexion. She was usually weak in middle yang, and had inappropriate care during delivery, which resulted in internal stasis of blood, resulting in thirst and preference for hot drinks but no desire to drink more. Body heat sometimes occurred, especially at night. This syndrome is that it is difficult to use Xionggui drink alone to warm the yang and strengthen the spleen and tonify deficiency; it is difficult to use Lizhong Decoction alone to activate blood and nourish blood, remove blood stasis and repair damage, so the two prescriptions are combined. One is to warm yang and strengthen the spleen to dispel cold and replenish deficiency; the other is to activate and replenish blood to remove blood stasis and repair damage.

3. Lizhong Huatan Decoction

Volume 6 of Fang Yuan's "Miscellaneous Works of Ming Yi".

[Composed of ginseng, atractylodes (fried), dried ginger, licorice (broiled), poria, and pinellia (made from ginger).

In terms of usage, it is used as powder and the water is used as pills, which are as big as sycamore seeds. Take forty or fifty pills each time and give it boiled soup.

Effects: Warming and dispersing cold, resolving phlegm, lowering qi and stopping vomiting.

Indications: Deficiency of the spleen and stomach, stagnant phlegm and saliva, vomiting and eating less; or loose stools, difficulty digesting food, and coughing up phlegm and saliva.

Application Points

01. Main Symptoms

Vomiting of food or cold phlegm, which occurs due to fatigue or eating cold food, chest tightness, and loose stools , sometimes there are things that cannot be transformed, little food, poor appetite, no thirst, pale tongue with greasy and slippery coating, slow and weak pulse.

02. Pathogenesis

Insufficient Zhongyang, weak spleen and stomach, loss of water movement and transformation, resulting in phlegm accumulation in the stomach.

Fang Yifa’s Weili Zhong Huatan Decoction is composed of Lizhong Decoction and Pinellia Pinellia plus Fuling Decoction. The Lizhong Decoction is used to warm the middle yang to strengthen the spleen and stomach and dispel cold; Dispel phlegm to reduce phlegm and stop vomiting. Insufficient Zhongyang, weak spleen and stomach, inability to eat well-cooked water and cereals, poor appetite, and indigestible matter in the stool. The spleen does not rise clear, causing diarrhea, and the stomach does not descend turbidity, causing vomiting. The spleen does not transport water and liquid, and the accumulation of drink becomes phlegm, which accumulates in the middle burner. Therefore, various symptoms such as chest pain, epigastrium tightness, vomiting, phlegm and saliva will follow. This syndrome is that it is difficult to use Lizhong Decoction alone to dispel the phlegm and drink that has formed and reduce stomach qi; it is difficult to use Pinellia Pinellia plus Poria Cocos Decoction alone to warm the middle yang and strengthen the spleen and stomach and eliminate the source of phlegm and drink, so the two prescriptions are combined. One is to warm and transport spleen yang to strengthen the spleen and stomach and cure the root cause; the other is to transform Yin and reduce phlegm to eliminate phlegm and cure the symptoms. Taking into account both the specimens and the pathogenesis of the disease, the symptoms can be cured immediately.

4. Lizhong Evodia Decoction

Volume 1 of Fang Yuan's "Yilin Shengmo Encyclopedia".

Composed of ginseng, atractylodes, dried ginger, licorice, Evodia, ginger, and jujube.

Usage: Decoct in water and take warm.

Efficacy: Warm the heart and strengthen the spleen, reduce qi and stop vomiting.

Indications] Taiyin self-interest, lack of thirst, excessive phlegm and vomiting, or cold hands and feet, chest fullness and irritability.

Application Points]

01. Main Symptoms

Vomiting of saliva, dizziness, cold pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, noisy swallowing of acid, sometimes pain in the top of the head, or The four ends of the hands and feet are cold, the tongue is pale and has slippery white coating, and the pulse is slow or stringy.

02. Pathogenesis

Deficiency of the spleen and stomach produces phlegm and fluids. Deficiency and cold invade Jueyin, and phlegm and fluids rise and reverse along with the cold energy of the liver and stomach.

Fang Yifa's Weili Zhong Evodia Decoction is made from the combination of Lizhong Decoction and Evodia Decoction. Take Lizhong Decoction to warm the middle yang to strengthen the spleen and dispel cold, and use Evodia Fructus Decoction to warm the middle and lower the nihilus to dispel cold. This is a syndrome where the disease is located in the spleen. Due to insufficient spleen yang and internal deficiency and cold, symptoms include pain in the lower abdomen, coldness and pain in the epigastrium and abdomen, and even coldness in the four ends of the hands and feet. If the spleen is not in good health, phlegm and fluids will develop internally. Deficiency and cold energy will gather in the stomach and interfere with the liver meridian. The qi in the liver and stomach will go up against the phlegm and fluids, resulting in vomiting, salivation, and pain on the top of the head. This syndrome is that it is difficult to use Lizhong Decoction alone to warm the liver, dissipate the coldness of the liver meridian and reduce the adverse qi of the liver; it is difficult to use Evodia Fructus Decoction alone to strengthen the spleen yang and regulate Zhongzhou, so the two prescriptions are combined. One is to warm the spleen and strengthen the spleen to eliminate the source of deficiency and cold; the other is to warm the liver and stomach to dissolve fluids and lower the adverse qi and stop vomiting. In this way, the spleen yang will be replenished, cold qi will be dispersed, and the adverse qi will be reduced, and all symptoms will be eliminated.