Description
Ding Tu Wan (Vomiting-Stopping Pill), from A New Book of Pediatrics (You You Xin Shu).
Actions: Calm the mind and suppress fright, harmonize the stomach, direct counterflow downward, and arrest vomiting
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of vomiting caused by fright, with vomiting of clear drool in infant after being frightened, restless sleep at night, frequent terrified crying, timid and weak mind, pale tongue with thin and white coating, slippery pulse, and blue finger venules
Category: Formulas That Direct Qi Downward.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 679–680.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Ding Xiang
as printed: Flos Caryophylli (ding xiang) 15 g
|
15g | 60% | — | |
|
Quan Xie
as printed: Scorpio (quan xie) 5 g
|
5g | 20% | — | |
|
Ban Xia
as printed: Rhizoma Pinelliae (ban xia) 5 g
|
5g | 20% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net warm (+0.80)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: neutral 20%, warm 80%.
Taste
- pungent 90%
- salty 10%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Lung 80%
- Stomach 80%
- Spleen 80%
- Kidney 60%
- Liver 20%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Decoct the flesh of common jujube and mix with the medicinals, make into pills as size of broomcorn millet fruit, and take 7–10 pills each time, 2 times a day
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