Inula and Hematite Decoction

傷寒論

-- In cold damage, after sweating, or after emesis or purgation, following resolution, if belching does not cease, Xuanfu Daizhe Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Xuanfuhua (Inula flower) 3 liang; Renshen (Ginseng) 2 liang; Shengjiang (Fresh ginger) 5 liang; Daizheshi (Hematite) 1 liang; Gancao (Licorice) 3 liang (honey-fried); Banxia (Pinellia) half sheng (washed); Dazao (Jujube) 12 pieces (broken). The above seven ingredients, with one dou of water, boil to obtain six sheng, remove the dregs, then decoct again to obtain three sheng. Take one sheng warm, three times daily. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

With one dou of water, boil to obtain six sheng, remove the dregs and decoct again, take three sheng, take one sheng warm, three times daily (modern usage: boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls, take one bowl warm after each of three meals.).

湯劑

Descend counterflow and Resolve Phlegm, Tonify Qi and harmonize the stomach.

When stomach qi is weak, with internal obstruction by turbid phlegm, epigastric stuffiness and hardness, and belching that does not cease.

Yang deficiency constitution, tongue body pale and enlarged with white slippery and damp coating, pulse string-like and tight; pancreatic cancer偏向 Yang deficiency: add Wuzhuyu:10, Ganjiang:10. -- Pancreatic cancer, dry vomiting, counterflow vomiting, sour vomiting, abdominal pain: combine with Ganjiang Huangqin Huanglian Renshen Tang. -- Liver wood overacts on spleen earth, hiccup and belching with string-like pulse: combine with Sini San. -- Constipation: add Dahuang:6. -- Headache: add Wuzhuyu:10, Chuanxiong:10. -- Deficiency-cold hiccup: add Dingxiang:10, Shidi:10. -- Chronic illness with physical weakness, greatly depleted original qi with subsequent hiccup: add Ganjiang:10, Paofuzi:10.

In the formula, Daizheshi is cold in nature and descends, and may impair stomach qi; if stomach deficiency is relatively pronounced, its dosage should not be too heavy.