Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite

傷寒論

On the thirteenth day of cold damage without resolution, there is fullness of the chest and hypochondrium with vomiting, tidal fever around late afternoon, and afterward mild diarrhea. This was originally a Chai Hu pattern; if purged, there should have been no diarrhea, but now there is diarrhea instead; one knows the physician purged with pill medicine, which was not the correct treatment. Tidal fever is excess; first it is appropriate to use Xiao Chai Hu Tang to resolve the exterior, afterward Chai Hu Jia Mang Xiao Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Chai Hu 2 liang and 16 zhu; Huang Qin 1 liang; Ren Shen 1 liang; Gan Cao 1 liang, roasted; Sheng Jiang 1 liang, cut; Ban Xia 20 zhu (the original says five pieces, washed); Da Zao 4 pieces, split; Mang Xiao 2 liang. For the above eight ingredients, use 4 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 2 sheng, remove the dregs, add Mang Xiao, briefly boil again, divide into warm doses and take twice; if not resolved, prepare again. (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases)

Use 4 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 2 sheng, remove the dregs, add Mang Xiao, briefly boil again, divide into warm doses and take twice; if not resolved, prepare again.

湯劑

Shaoyang and Yangming: resolve the exterior and attack the interior.

Chest and hypochondriac stuffiness and fullness, or stuffiness and hardness, bitter taste in the mouth, red tongue proper, yellow coating, wiry or rapid pulse. Acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, gastric ulcer perforation, acute and chronic gastritis, etc.