Astragalus and Cinnamon Twig Five-Ingredient Decoction

金匱要略

Huangqi 3 liang, Guizhi 3 liang, Shaoyao 3 liang, Shengjiang 6 liang, Dazao 12 pieces. The above five ingredients, with water 6 sheng, boil down to 2 sheng, take 7 ge warm, three times daily. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

The above five ingredients, with water 6 sheng, boil down to 2 sheng, take 7 ge warm, three times daily.

湯劑

Benefit qi and warm the channels, harmonize blood and unblock impediment.

Blood impediment pattern: Yin and Yang are both faint; at the cun opening and guan position it is faint; at the chi position it is slightly tight; externally there is numbness of the body, like wind impediment.

For high blood pressure, dizziness and headache: add Gegen (Pueraria root):20, Chuanxiong (Szechuan lovage rhizome):10. -- For chest tightness and pain, dark tongue: add Danshen (red sage root):30, Chuanxiong (Szechuan lovage rhizome):10. -- For weak legs: add Huainiuxi (Achyranthes root):10. -- For primordial qi deficiency: add Renshen (ginseng):10. -- For yang qi deficiency: add Paofuzi (prepared aconite):10. -- For left-sided hemiplegia: add Danggui (angelica sinensis):10. -- For pain in the four limbs: add Cangzhu (Atractylodes lancea rhizome):10, Fangji (Stephania tetrandra root):10. -- For numbness in the four limbs: add Jixueteng (Millettia reticulata stem):30.

Use with caution in patients who are thin and have abdominal distension.