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Minor Pinellia Decoction

金匱要略湯劑
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Source
金匱要略
Original text
In jaundice disease, when the urine color is unchanged, there is a tendency to spontaneous diarrhea, and there is abdominal fullness with panting, one must not clear heat; if heat is cleared, hiccup will certainly occur. For hiccup, Xiao Ban Xia Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)) -- For all cases of vomiting in which grain/food cannot descend, Xiao Ban Xia Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))
Composition
Pinellia one sheng, fresh ginger half a jin. The above two ingredients: with seven sheng of water, decoct to reduce to one and a half sheng, and take warm in divided doses. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))
Preparation
With seven sheng of water, decoct to reduce to one and a half sheng, and take warm in divided doses.
Form
湯劑
Function
Eliminate retained fluids and harmonize the stomach; descend counterflow and stop vomiting. Open the stomach and promote digestion. Warm the stomach and dry dampness. Remove phlegm, descend qi, and calm the stomach.
Traditional indications
Phlegm-fluid retained internally, stuffiness and oppression below the heart, vomiting without thirst, and stomach-cold vomiting, phlegm-fluid cough.
Cautions
Avoid mutton soup.