Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Rhubarb

傷寒論

Originally Taiyang disease; the physician instead purged it, thus abdominal fullness with intermittent pain; this belongs to Taiyin; Gui Zhi Jia Bai Shao Tang (Cinnamon Twig Plus White Peony Decoction) governs it. For severe excess pain, Gui Zhi Jia Da Huang Tang (Cinnamon Twig Plus Rhubarb Decoction) governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Gui Zhi three liang, peeled; Da Huang two liang; peony six liang; fresh ginger three liang, cut; licorice two liang, honey-fried; jujube twelve pieces, split. The above six ingredients, with seven sheng of water, boil to obtain three sheng, remove dregs, and take one sheng warm, three times a day. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

The above six ingredients, with seven sheng of water, boil to obtain three sheng, remove dregs. Take one sheng warm, three times a day.

湯劑

Release the exterior and dredge the interior. Externally resolve the Taiyang exterior; internally attack the Taiyin interior excess.

When the exterior pattern is not yet resolved, with fever and aversion to cold, and there is severe lower abdominal pain, with accumulation and binding in the intestines. Or diarrhea with tenesmus (urgency and heaviness).