Aconite and Cinnamon Twig Decoction

金匱要略

Cold hernia with abdominal pain, counterflow cold, numbness of the hands and feet, and if there is generalized body pain that moxibustion, acupuncture, and various medicines cannot treat, Wu Tou Gui Zhi Tang is indicated. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Wu Tou, the above one ingredient: use two jin of honey, decoct until reduced by half, remove the dregs, and dissolve with five ge of Gui Zhi Tang. After obtaining one sheng, initially take two ge; if there is no response, take three ge; if there is still no response, again increase to five ge. When response occurs, there is a drunken-like state; if vomiting occurs, this indicates the medicine has hit the disease. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

Chuan Wu, one ingredient: use two jin of honey, decoct until reduced by half, remove the dregs, and dissolve with five ge of Gui Zhi Tang. After obtaining one sheng, initially take two ge; if there is no response, take three ge; if there is still no response, again increase to five ge. When response occurs, there is a drunken-like state; if vomiting occurs, this indicates the medicine has hit the disease.

湯劑

Dispel cold and relieve pain, harmonize Ying and Wei.

Cold hernia, abdominal pain, counterflow cold, numbness of the hands and feet, and if there is generalized body pain that moxibustion, acupuncture, and various medicines cannot treat.