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Mume Pill

Chinese Prescription: Wu Mei Wan

English Translation: Mume Pill

Formula Type: Expel Parasites

Actions: Warms the organs, drains heat, calms roundworms, drain the Liver, & calms the Stomach.

Indications: This formula is used to treat three interrelated patterns. 1. Inversion from roundworms, which is characterized by intermittent attacks of abdominal pain, a stifling sensation, irritability, & warmth in the chest & epigastrium accompanied by vomiting after eating, & cold hands & feet. There may also be vomiting of roundworms. 2. The core pattern associated with terminal yin-warp disorders. This is characterized by unquenchable thirst, qi rushing upward toward the Heart, pain & heat in the Stomach, hunger with no desire to eat or vomiting immediately after eating, & cold extremities. This second pattern may or may not be present together with the first. 3. Chronic diarrhea or dysentery characterized by incessant diarrhea, the discharge of small amounts of pus, & abdominal pain that responds favorably to pressure & the application of heat, borborygmus, & a red tongue with a white coating.

Contraindications: This formula is contraindicated for explosive diarrhea or damp-heat dysenteric disorders.

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