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Left Metal Pill

Pin Yin: Zuo Jin Wan

Actions:
   Clears Liver Heat, guides Counterflow Qi of Stomach downward, and stops vomiting;
  ---used for Liver Fire simultaneous with Liver Invading Stomach, with symptoms of sour-tasting vomit and epigastric pain.
   (See Liver Fire; Liver Invading Stomach .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Coptidis, Rz [huang lian]

5-6

Evodiae, Fr [wu zhu yu]

0.7-1.0

   Associated Modern Diseases: gastritis, peptic ulcer, esophageal reflux, hiatal hernia, inguinal hernia.

   Formulas with related functions: Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver [Long Dan Xie GanTang].

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