bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Asarum (Herba Asari)
9gm (3 liǎng) Take the nine ingredients, mix with six liters of water and six liters of clear wine, boil until reduced to five liters, remove the dregs, and take warm in five divided doses.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Nourish blood and unblock collaterals, dispel cold and lower adverse qi.
bubble_chart Indications
Deficiency of blood in the body, chronic internal cold, and external exposure to cold pathogens, resulting in cold reversal of the limbs, pale tongue with white coating, faint and almost imperceptible pulse, or accompanied by headache at the vertex, retching, and spitting of saliva.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Modern medicine believes that this prescription enhances blood circulation, reduces inflammation, and alleviates pain. It is mainly used for chilblain, chronic gastritis, headache, neurogenic headache, thromboangiitis obliterans, periarthritis of the shoulder, subacromial bursitis, tenosynovitis of the long head of the biceps brachii, presenting with cold extremities, vomiting of frothy saliva, and a thin, weak pulse.
