Fang name | Skullcap Decoction |
source | Treatise On Typhoid And Death |
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[Preparation method and dosage]
[Efficacy]
clearing the intestine to stop dysentery and relieve pain.
[Indications]
Dysentery or diarrhea, symptoms include fever without aversion to cold, burning in the anus, sticky diarrhea, abdominal pain, bitter taste in mouth, red tongue with thin yellow coating, and stringy and rapid pulse.
[Prescription]
This prescription is originally used to treat the combination of diseases of great yang and shaoyang. Diarrhea is mainly caused by evil in the shaoyang. The fire stagnation of the shaoyang is caused by internal evils forcing the yangming and descending to the large intestine. The location of disease is in Shaoyang and it is appropriate to treat it with reconciliation. The prescription contains Skullcap Root, which clears away heat and stops irritation. Shennong Bencao Jing said it "maintains dysentery" and Peony Root harmonizes the nutrient. To relieve pain ” Shennong Bencao Jing ” is called “mainly pathogenic qi abdominal pain”, Liquorice Root, Chinese Date and nourishes the spleen . All medicines are used together, mainly to clear interior heat. If interior heat is cleared, it can be relieved and body heat can be eliminated.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- Diarrhea.
- Feeling nervous.
- Burning sensation in the anus.
- bitter taste in mouth, yellow and thin coating.
- Pulse string number.
[Addition and subtraction]
- dampness-heat: add Aucklandia Root, Coptis Rhizome.
- With exterior syndrome/pattern: add Pueraria, Schizonepeta, and Yinhua.
- tenesmus: Add Rhubarb Rhizoma, Areca Seed.
- Vomiting qi counterflow: Add Pineilia, Fresh Ginger Rhizome.
- Pus and blood in stool: add fried hawthorn fruit and Sanguisorba.
- Abdominal pain diarrhea: Add Coptis Rhizome and Dried Ginger.
- thirst dysphoria: add Immature Orange Fruit, Bupleurum.
[Modern application]
Bacterial dysentery, amoebic dysentery, enterovirus, allergic colitis, acute enteritis, large intestine inflammation, appendicitis.
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