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White Tiger Decoction Plus Cinnamon Twig

金匱要略湯劑
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Source
金匱要略
Original text
In warm malaria, the pulse is as normal, the body has no cold but only heat, there is vexing pain in the bones and joints, and occasional vomiting; Baihu Jia Guizhi Tang governs. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))
Composition
Zhimu 6 liang; Gancao 2 liang (roasted); Shigao 1 jin; Jingmi 2 ge; Guizhi (peeled) 3 liang. The above is cut; for each dose use 5 qian and 1.5 cups of water, decoct to eight fen, remove dregs, take warm; recovery occurs after sweating. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))
Preparation
Boil 9 bowls of water down to 3 bowls. Guizhi: Add later and boil only 15 minutes. After meals, take one bowl warm each time.
Form
湯劑
Function
Clear heat, unblock the collaterals, and harmonize the nutritive and defensive qi.
Traditional indications
Rheumatic arthritis, presenting with fever, bone and joint pain, occasional vomiting, thirst, white coating, and a stringy, rapid pulse.