Pinellia Powder and Decoction

傷寒論

In Shaoyin disease, when there is pain in the throat, Banxia San and Tang govern it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Banxia, washed; Guizhi, remove bark; Gancao, stir-baked. The above three ingredients, in equal parts, separately pound and sieve, then combine and mix. Take with white rice water one square-inch spoon, three times a day. If one cannot take it as a powder, use one sheng of water, decoct for seven boils, put in two square-inch spoons of the powder, further boil three times, remove from the fire and let cool slightly, and swallow a little at a time. Banxia is toxic and should not be taken as a powder. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

Chop the above finely; with three ge of water, decoct to one ge. Remove the dregs and take warm in three divided doses per day.

湯劑

Dispel wind and dissipate cold, Resolve Phlegm and benefit the throat.

A key formula for treating pain in the throat.