Peony, Licorice, and Aconite Decoction

傷寒論

-- After sweating, the disease is not resolved; instead there is aversion to cold; this is due to deficiency. Shao Yao Gan Cao Fu Zi Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Shao Yao and Gan Cao, three liang each (honey-fried); Fu Zi, one piece (prepared, peeled, broken into eight pieces). For the above three ingredients, use five sheng of water, decoct to obtain one sheng and five ge, remove the dregs, and divide into three warm doses. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

Decoct nine bowls of water down to three bowls over medium-low heat for more than one and a half hours. Take one bowl warm after each of the three meals.

湯劑

Support Yang and benefit Yin.

When there is bodily weakness with external contraction, and after sweating the illness does not resolve but instead there is increased aversion to cold.