Fang name | Cock Crow Powder |
[Preparation method and dosage]
[Efficacy]
diffusing and dissipating pathogenic dampness, lowering qi reducing turbidity.
[Indications]
- Suffering from beriberi, cold pain, numbness, cold pain, fever aversion to cold, chest tightness and vomiting.
- Wind-dampness multiple abscess, unbearable foot pain, swollen muscles and veins.
[Prescription]
This prescription is the first prescription for treating wet beriberi and is suitable for excess syndrome/pattern athlete’s foot. Evodia Fruit warming the middle lowering qi dehumidification; Areca Seed moving qi dehumidification; Floweringqince Fruit lowering qi dehumidification soothing sinews and harmonizing collaterals; Fresh Ginger Rhizome, perilla leaf pungent and warm, dispersing cold and removing dampness; tangerine peel moving qi drying dampness; Platycodon Root Xuantong lung qi, so that lung qi can restore its function of distributing and transporting, then the dampness and swelling will disappear automatically. For beriberi initial stage [first stage] caused by vitamin B1 deficiency, symptoms such as cold pain and edema are seen; for elephant hide swelling, knee arthralgia, etc. caused by filariasis, this prescription can also be used to add or subtract Cure it.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
damp beriberi.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Those with strong wind-dampness: add Cinnamon Twig and Saposhnikovia Root.
- cold-dampness: add Cinnamon Twig, Aconite Lateral Root.
[Modern application]
This prescription reduces inflammation, inhibits joint swelling and relieves pain. For beriberi, chronic nephritis, edema of the lower limbs.