Angelica Pain-Relieving Decoction

醫學啓源

Qianghuo 15g, Fangfeng 9g, Shengma 3g, Gegen 6g, Baizhu 3g, Cangzhu 9g, Danggui 9g, Dangshen 6g, Gancao 15g, Kushen 6g, Huangqin 3g, Zhimu 9g, Yinchenhao 15g, Zhuling 9g, Zexie 9g

Grind the above into pieces the size of hemp seeds and beans. For each dose, take one liang (30g), with two and a half cups of water. First moisten with water, wait a short while, decoct until one cup, remove the dregs, and take warm. After a short while, press it down with a good meal (modern usage: decoct in water and take).

湯劑

Disinhibit dampness and Clear heat, disperse wind and relieve pain.

1. Damp-heat contending, generalized vexing pain of the bones and joints, heaviness of the shoulders and back, discomfort in the chest and diaphragm, swelling and pain of the feet and shins, and joint swelling and pain. 2. All wind-damp-heat toxin, spreading sores and ulcers, unceasing pus and fluid, either painful or itchy, with a pulse that is deep, excess, tight, rapid, or moving and slippery.

Severe swelling of the feet and knees: add Fangji 10, Mugua 10.

For wind-cold-damp impediment pattern, this formula is contraindicated.