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Cyperus and Perilla Powder
太平惠民和劑局方湯劑
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Source
太平惠民和劑局方
Composition
Xiang Fu (Cyperus rhizome, stir-fried), Zi Su (Perilla leaf) two qian, Chen Pi (Tangerine peel, white inner layer removed) one qian, Gan Cao (Licorice) seven fen. Add ginger and scallion and decoct. (Yi Fang Ji Jie)
Preparation
Boil six bowls of water over high heat down to two bowls; take one bowl warm after each meal.
Form
湯劑
Function
Regulate qi and release the exterior, dispel pathogens and harmonize the middle.
Traditional indications
1. External contraction of wind-cold with internal qi stagnation. Symptoms include aversion to cold and body fever, headache without sweating, chest and epigastric stuffiness and oppression, no desire for food or drink, thin white tongue coating, and a floating pulse.
2. Women during pregnancy with external contraction of wind-cold and various patterns of qi depression.
Modifications
Wind injury with spontaneous sweating: add Gui Zhi.
-- Wind injury without sweating: add Ma Huang, Gan Jiang.
-- Chest and hypochondriac stuffiness and pain: add Zhi Ke, Jie Geng.
-- Expectoration of phlegm and cough: add Jiang Ban Xia, Fu Ling.
-- Cough with qi counterflow: add Su Zi, Jiang Ban Xia.
-- Aversion to cold and tidal fever: add Gui Zhi, Ma Huang.
-- Indigestion: add Sha Ren, Qing Pi.
-- Chronic diarrhea and dysentery: add Mu Xiang, He Zi.
-- Epigastric distention and fullness: add Zhi Ke, Hou Po.
-- Poor appetite: add charred Shan Zha, stir-fried Mai Ya.
-- Incessant cough: add Jiang Ban Xia, Xing Ren, Sang Bai Pi.
-- Wind-cold headache: add Chuan Xiong, Xi Xin, Bai Zhi.
-- Diarrhea and dysentery: add Bai Zhu, Fu Ling.
-- Vomiting: add Guang Huo Xiang, Jiang Ban Xia.
-- Abdominal pain: add Mu Xiang.
-- Severe heat: add Huang Qin, Lian Qiao.