State/School

California License Exams, Pacific College Comps

Translation

Four-Miracle Pill

Formula Type

Bind up the Intestines and Secure Abandoned Conditions

Actions

Warms and Tonifies the Spleen and Kidneys, Binds up the Intestines, and Stops Diarrhea

Source

Summary of Internal Medicine (Ming Dynasty)

Ingredients

1. Bu Gu Zhi12g
2. Chao Wu Zhu Yu30g
3. Rou Dou Kou60g
4. Wu Wei Zi60g

Indication

Diarrhea that occurs daily just before sunrise, lack of interest in food and inability to digest what is eaten, soreness of the lower back with cold limbs, fatigue and lethargy, a pale tongue with a thin, white coating and a submerged, slow and forceless pulse; there may also be abdominal pain.

Contraindication

1. Without modification, it should not be used if there is accumulation or stagnation in the Stomach or Intestines. One should avoid eating raw or cooling foods while taking this formula.