San Ren Tang (Three Kernels Decoction)

溫病條辨

-- Headache and aversion to cold, heavy body with pain, white tongue and no thirst, pulse wiry, thin, and soft, complexion pale yellow, chest oppression without hunger, afternoon body heat, resembling Yin deficiency; the illness is difficult to resolve quickly. This is called Damp-warmth. If one uses sweating, it causes clouded spirit and deafness, and in severe cases closed eyes and unwillingness to speak; if one uses purgation, it causes profuse diarrhea; if one uses moistening, the illness deepens and does not resolve. In late summer, deep autumn, and winter, the same method is used; San Ren Tang governs it.

Apricot kernel (5 qian), levigated talc (6 qian), white tetrapanax pith (2 qian), white cardamom kernel (2 qian), bamboo leaf (2 qian), magnolia bark (2 qian), raw coix seed (6 qian), pinellia (5 qian). With eight bowls of Ganlan water, boil to obtain three bowls; take one bowl each time, three times daily.

Boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls; take one bowl warm after each of the three meals.

湯劑

Diffuse and free the Qi mechanism, clear and disinhibit Damp-heat.

Initial stage of damp-warmth and summer-warmth complicated by dampness with dampness predominating over heat. Headache and aversion to cold, heaviness and pain of the body, white tongue without thirst, pulse wiry, thin, and soggy, pale yellow complexion, chest oppression without hunger, afternoon body heat resembling yin deficiency; the illness is difficult to resolve quickly.