Artemisia Capillaris Five-Ingredient Powder with Poria

金匱要略

-- For jaundice disease, Yinchen Wuling Powder governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Yinchenhao powder ten parts, Wuling Powder five parts. Combine the two substances above; take one square-inch spoonful with food first, three times daily. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Combine the two substances above; take one square-inch spoonful (4-6g) with food first, three times daily. It can also be made as a decoction: boil six bowls of water down to two bowls; add Guizhi later and decoct only 15 minutes; take one bowl warm before each meal.

湯劑

Drains dampness and relieves jaundice.

Damp-heat jaundice, pattern where dampness predominates over heat. Symptoms include yellowing of the skin, aversion to cold and fever, decreased appetite, loose stools, yellow, scanty, and difficult urination, greasy tongue coating, and a moderate pulse.

If there is yang deficiency, with a pale, swollen, enlarged tongue with tooth marks and a slippery, watery coating: add processed Fuzi: 10, Ganjiang: 10.

Contraindicated for jaundice belonging to damp-cold.