Linderae Qi-Regulating Powder

太平惠民和劑局方

Ma Huang (remove root and nodes), Chen Pi (remove pith), Wu Yao (remove wood) 60 g each; Bai Jiang Can (remove silk and mouth, stir-fried), Chuan Xiong, Zhi Ke (remove pith, bran-fried), Gan Cao (stir-fried), Bai Zhi, Jie Geng 30 g each; Gan Jiang (blast-fried) 15 g. Grind the above into a fine powder. For each dose, take 9 g, add 150 mL water, 3 slices fresh ginger and 1 jujube, decoct to 100 mL, and take warm. If there is seasonal cold damage with aversion to cold and high fever, headache, and fatigue of the limbs, add 9 cm scallion white. If there is sprain/contusion with body pain, mix with warm wine. For generalized itching that becomes sores when scratched, decoct with 3 mint leaves and take. (Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang)

Decoct nine bowls of water down to three bowls; take one warm bowl after each of the three meals.

湯劑

Dispel wind and smooth qi, dissipate nodules and transform stagnation.

1. All wind-qi conditions: attacking and pouring into the four limbs, joint pain, stubborn numbness throughout the body, dizziness of head and eyes, paralysis, hesitant speech, contracture of sinews and vessels, beriberi, difficulty walking, weakness of feet and knees. 2. Women's blood wind, elderly cold qi, attacking upward to the chest and diaphragm, stabbing pain in both hypochondria, distension of heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea with borborygmus, pale red tongue, thin or deep pulse.

In women with absent menstruation: combine with Ba Zhen Tang.

1. This formula is a method of resolving surface qi and also smoothing interior qi; when qi is smooth, wind dissipates. It is suitable at the initial stage when pathogen qi is excess; if the illness is prolonged with Qi deficiency, it is not suitable. 2. If Ma Huang is used at 15 g or more, it must be decocted for a long time, at least two hours. 3. Prescriptions containing Ma Huang should not be taken after 8 p.m.; otherwise, insomnia may easily result. If insomnia still occurs, change to taking it after breakfast and lunch. 4. Those who are thin and weak, those who are weak and frequently ill, and those who are thin, pale, and sweat easily should all use Ma Huang with caution.