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Ten Complete Great Tonifying Decoction

太平惠民和劑局方湯劑
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Source
太平惠民和劑局方
Composition
Ren Shen, Rou Gui (remove rough bark), Chuan Xiong, Di Huang (washed, wine-steamed, roasted), Fu Ling (roasted), Bai Zhu (roasted), Zhi Gan Cao, Huang Qi, Dang Gui, Bai Shao Yao, equal parts. Make into coarse powder. Each dose: two large qian; add three slices of Sheng Jiang and two Da Zao; decoct in water; take at any time. (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang)
Preparation
The above is made into fine powder. Each dose: two large qian (9g); use one cup of water, add three slices of Sheng Jiang and two Da Zao, decoct together until reduced to seven fen; take warm at any time. (Modern usage: boil nine bowls of water down to three bowls; take one bowl warm after each of the three meals.)
Form
湯劑
Function
Warmly Tonify Qi and blood.
Traditional indications
Various deficiency and damage, dizziness and vertigo, emaciation with poor appetite, weakness of the legs and knees, and other deficiency-weakness patterns.
Modifications
Bone-steaming: add Chai Hu: 10. -- Severe Yang deficiency, pale white, swollen, enlarged tongue with tooth marks, deep and weak right cubit pulse: add Pao Fu Zi: 15, Gan Jiang: 15. -- Thrombocytopenic purpura: add Huang Ming Jiao: 10, San Qi: 3, Lian Qiao: 10, Huang Bai: 10. -- Leukopenia (low white blood cells): add Pao Fu Zi: 15.
Cautions
If the disease is severe and active, or there is high fever, it is not suitable. If there is decreased appetite or diarrhea, it is not an indication for this formula; consider changing to another formula.