Pulse-Unblocking Frigid Extremities Decoction plus Pig Gallbladder Juice

傷寒論

-- When vomiting and purging have already stopped, with sweating and reversal cold, and the four limbs in contracted tension that does not resolve, and the pulse faint and about to expire, Tong Mai Si Ni Jia Zhu Dan Zhi Tang governs it. (《Shang Han Lun》)

Licorice two liang, roasted; Dried ginger three liang, for the strong can use four liang; Aconite one large piece, raw, peeled, broken into eight pieces; Pig bile half a ge; The above four flavors, with three sheng of water, boil and take one sheng two ge, remove dregs; add pig bile, divide and take warm twice; the pulse will return. If no pig bile, use sheep bile instead. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

With three sheng of water, boil and take one sheng two ge, remove dregs; add pig bile, divide and take warm twice; the pulse will return. If no pig bile, use sheep bile instead.

湯劑

Restore yang and rescue yin.

Cholera, when vomiting has ceased and purging has stopped, with sweating and reversal cold, and the four limbs in contracted tension that does not resolve, and the pulse faint and about to expire.

Prescriptions containing raw aconite must be decocted for more than two hours to detoxify.