Indications
Disease caused by damp-heat, such as Frozen Shoulder, Lumbar Herniated Disc, Ganglion Cyst.
Ingredients
Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Baizhu) 4.5 g,
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Radix Flavescentis (Kushen) 6 g,
Rhizorna Cimicifugae (Shengma) 6 g,
Radix Puerariae (Gegen) 6 g,
Rhizoma Atractylodis (Cangzhu) 6 g,
Radix Saposhnikoviae (Fangfeng) 15 g,
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu) 15 g,
Rhizoma Alismatis (Zexie) 15 g,
Grifola (Zhuling) 9 g,
Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) 9 g,
Zhi Gan Cao 15 g,
Radix Scutellariae (Huangqin) 15 g,
Herba Artemisiae Scopariae (Yinchen) 15 g,
Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii (Qianghuo) 15 g.
Explanation
Dang Gui: Tonifying blood and activating blood to alleviate pain, regulating menstruation, and moistening intestines.
Zhu Ling and Ze Xie: Draining dampness, removing excessive fluid by promoting diuresis.
Huang Qin: Clearing heat and drying dampness.
Sheng Ma: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and slightly cold in nature, expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, promoting eruption, removing toxic substances.
Ge Gen: Assisting Sheng Ma in promoting eruption and expelling exo-pathogens, aiding in the production of body fluids.
Bai Zhu: Strengthening the spleen and drying dampness.
Cang Zhu: Drying dampness and invigorating spleen, dispelling wind-dampness.
Ren Shen: Tonifying qi.
Fang Feng: Dispersing wind pathogen to relieve exterior syndrome.
Qiang Huo: Going up to disperse wind-cold-dampness pathogens in the exterior.
Ku Shen: Clearing heat and drying dampness, purging fire and removing toxicity, killing parasites and inducing diuresis.
Zhi Mu: Clearing heat and purging fire, nourishing yin and moistening dryness.
Yin Chen: Clearing away dampness-heat to treat jaundice.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken on empty stomach.