Cinnamon Twig Decoction plus Rhubarb

傷寒論

This was originally Taiyang disease; the physician instead purged it, resulting in abdominal fullness and intermittent pain, which belongs to Taiyin; Guizhi plus White Peony Tang governs it. For severe excess pain, Guizhi plus Rhubarb Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun)

Cinnamon twig 3 liang, remove the bark; Rhubarb 2 liang; Peony root 6 liang; Fresh ginger 3 liang, cut; Licorice 2 liang, honey-fried; Jujube 12 pieces, break open. The above six ingredients, with 7 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, remove the dregs, take 1 sheng warm, three times daily. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

The above six ingredients, with 7 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, remove the dregs. Take 1 sheng warm, three times daily.

湯劑

Release the exterior and dredge the interior. Externally resolve the Taiyang exterior; internally attack the Taiyin interior excess.

Exterior pattern not yet resolved, with fever and aversion to cold, and accompanied by severe lower abdominal pain and accumulations in the intestines; or diarrhea with tenesmus.