Major Aconite Decoction

金匱要略

-- Abdominal fullness, pulse wiry and tight. If wiry, defensive qi does not move, hence aversion to cold. If tight, there is no desire to eat. When pathogen and healthy qi contend, it becomes cold hernia. Cold hernia with pain around the umbilicus; when it occurs, spontaneous sweating, cold limbs, and a deep wiry pulse: Major Aconite Decoction governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Large Aconite, five pieces (prepared, peeled, not cut into pieces). The above: with 3 sheng of water, boil to reduce to 1 sheng, remove dregs, add 2 sheng of honey, decoct until the water qi is exhausted, obtain 2 sheng. A strong person takes 7 ge; a weak person takes 5 ge. If not improved, take again tomorrow; do not take a second time in one day. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

The above: with 3 sheng of water, boil to reduce to 1 sheng, remove dregs, add 2 sheng of honey, decoct until the water qi is exhausted, obtain 2 sheng. A strong person takes 7 ge; a weak person takes 5 ge. If not cured, take again tomorrow; do not take a second time in one day.

湯劑

Disperse cold and stop pain.

Treats wind-damp impediment pain in those with extreme cold.