Effect
Warming up Yang-Qi dispersing pathogenic cold resolving masses, eliminating
accumulation.
Indications
Syndrome due to cold accumulation of excess type in the interior, marked by abdominal
pain, Constipation, pain in the hypochondrium, fever, cold limbs, whitish greasy
tongue coating and wiry tense pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms
as chronic dysentery, uremia, Ulcerative Colitis, acute intestinal obstruction, etc.
Ingredients
Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Dahuang) 9 g,
Pao Fu Zi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata) 9 g,
Herba Asari (Xixin) 3 g.
Explanation
Fu Zi: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and extreme heat in
nature, warming up Yang-Qi, dispelling pathogenic cold.
Xi Xin: Expelling pathogenic cold, resolving masses.
Da Huang: Relaxing the bowels to sweep away the stagnancy of food or other pathogenic
factors.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken 3 times. Because this prescription is
intended to purge warmly, the dosage of Da Huang should be smaller than that of Fu Zi.