Iron Powder Decoction, A medicinal drink made by immersing the iron filings in water. This drink is in clinical use today.
1. " If someone runs amuck and storms about, how do you treat him?" the Yellow Emperor asks.
2. " The Iron Powder Decoction can be the proper prescription for such a case. It functions to depress the qi and dissolve the coagulation," Qi Bo says.
3. Symptoms due to sputum fire can also be healed by taking this drink. The liver qi may run unchecked as fury brings injury to the organ. Liver fire, produced by the clogging of liver qi, consumes the body fluids and turns into sputum fire. The Iron Powder Decoction together with other aids functions to reduce phlegm and has been adapted nowadays in clinical treatment.
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