🌿 Folk Prescriptions

250 grams lotus root starch, 250 grams glutinous rice flour, 250 grams granulated sugar. Mix lotus root starch, glutinous rice flour, and sugar in a bowl, add boiling water, knead into dough, steam until cooked.
This formula strengthens weakness, nourishes the stomach, nourishes blood, and stops bleeding. Suitable for weakness with poor appetite, hematemesis, and melena.
This formula originates from *Compendium of Materia Medica Supplement*, a remedy for weakness and bleeding. Weak constitution with impaired stomach function leads to poor appetite and abnormal bleeding due to blood not flowing properly through vessels. Treatment should focus on strengthening the body, nourishing the stomach, and stopping bleeding. The main ingredient, lotus root starch, strengthens the body, opens the appetite, nourishes blood, and stops bleeding; glutinous rice flour and granulated sugar act as auxiliary agents—glutinous rice flour tonifies the spleen and stomach, granulated sugar tonifies deficiency and moistens dryness. Combined, they form a formula for strengthening the body, nourishing the stomach, nourishing blood, and stopping bleeding. Since glutinous rice is used as flour, its sticky nature is greatly reduced, making it especially suitable for elderly people with weakness.
Not suitable for individuals with phlegm-heat accumulation.<Blood Nourishing Formula>