Ginseng Toxin-Vanquishing Powder

太平惠民和劑局方

Renshen, Qianghuo, Duhuo, Chaihu, Qianhu, Chuanxiong, Zhiqiao, Jiegeng, and Fuling one liang each; Gancao five qian. For each dose take one liang, add three slices of ginger and a little Bohe, and decoct. (Yi Fang Ji Jie)

Decoct in water and take regardless of time. If cold predominates, take hot; if heat predominates, take cold.

湯劑

Supplement qi and release the exterior, dissipate wind and eliminate dampness.

Insufficient upright qi with an exterior pattern of externally contracted wind-cold-dampness. Aversion to cold and high fever, headache and stiff neck, aching and painful limbs without sweating, nasal congestion with heavy voice, cough with white phlegm, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and fullness, white greasy tongue coating, and a floating soft pulse, or a floating rapid pulse that is forceless on deep pressure.

Sores and rashes with itching: add Forsythia (Lianqiao): 10, Honeysuckle (Jinyinhua): 10. -- Heat toxin accumulation: add Rhubarb (Dahuang): 6, Mirabilite (Mangxiao): 6. -- Beriberi: add Rhubarb (Dahuang): 6, Atractylodes (Cangzhu): 10. -- Rabies, tetanus: add Sanguisorba (Diyu): 10, Reed rhizome (Luzhugen): 10.

Contraindicated when inflammation is hyperactive or when there is no sweating due to non-external-contraction wind pathogen.