Cinnamon Twig Decoction Plus Astragalus

金匱要略

Also, sweating above the waist and no sweating below, with aching and slack pain in the waist and hips, as if there is something in the skin; in severe cases, inability to eat, body pain and heaviness, restlessness, and difficult urination. This is yellow sweat; Gui Zhi Jia Huang Qi Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)) -- For all jaundice diseases, simply disinhibit urination. If the pulse is floating, one should resolve by sweating; Gui Zhi Jia Huang Qi Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Cinnamon twig 3 liang; Peony root 3 liang; Licorice 2 liang; Fresh ginger 3 liang; Jujube 12 pieces; Astragalus 2 liang. The above six ingredients, with 8 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, take 1 sheng warm; after a short while drink more than 1 sheng of hot thin congee to assist the medicinal power, take warm to induce slight sweating; if there is no sweating, take again. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

With 8 sheng of water, decoct to obtain 3 sheng, take 1 sheng warm; after a short while drink more than 1 sheng of hot thin congee to assist the medicinal power, take warm to induce slight sweating; if there is no sweating, take again. Take warm in three divided doses per day.

湯劑

Assist yang and dissipate pathogens, so as to release depressed and obstructed dampness.

1. Yellow sweat, both shins cold spontaneously, sweating above the waist, aching and slack pain in the waist and hips, as if there is something in the skin; in severe cases, inability to eat, body pain and heaviness, restlessness, and difficult urination. 2. Jaundice with floating pulse and symptoms of exterior deficiency.