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White Tiger Decoction plus Cinnamon Twig
金匱要略湯劑
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Source
金匱要略
Original text
For warm malaria, the pulse is as normal, the body has no cold but only heat, joints are painfully vexed, and there is occasional vomiting; White Tiger Plus Cinnamon Twig Decoction governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))
Composition
Anemarrhena 6 liang; Licorice 2 liang (prepared); Gypsum 1 jin; non-glutinous rice 2 ge; Cinnamon (peeled) 3 liang. The above are filed; each dose 5 qian, with 1.5 cups of water, decoct until reduced to 8 parts; remove the dregs, take warm; recovery when sweating occurs. (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases)
Preparation
Boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls; for Cinnamon Twig, Add later and decoct only for 15 minutes. After meals, take one bowl warm each time.
Form
湯劑
Function
Clear heat, unblock the collaterals, harmonize the nutritive and defensive qi.
Traditional indications
Rheumatic arthritis, with fever, joint pain, occasional vomiting, thirst, white coating, and a stringy, rapid pulse.