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Fang nameTrichosanthes, Chinese Chive and White Liquor Decoction
sourceTreatise On Typhoid And Death
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[Preparation method and dosage]

Trichosanthis Fruit (Fructus Trichosanthis) pound 1 piece
Longstamen Onion Bulb (Bulbus Allii Macrostemonis) 12gm (3 liǎng)
Liquor 700ml

the above 3 ingredients, same as decoted to 200 ml, administered twice while warm.

[Efficacy]

Tongyang and dispersing knots, regulating qi and resolving phlegm.

[Indications]

Chest yang is weak, qi stagnation and phlegm are blocked, resulting in chest impediment, wheezing and coughing, chest and back pain, shortness of breath, cus kou pulse is heavy and slow, closed and tight for a few seconds.

[Prescription]

This prescription treats chest impediment, which is caused by lack of chest yang and phlegm turbidity. In the prescription, Mongolian Snakegourd Seed resolving phlegm relieves paralysis, regulates qi and widens the chest for the king; longstamen onion bulb warms the chest yang and dissipates the lowering qi for the minister; moreover, use the white wine pungent powder for ascending, which can warm the chest. It is Yang and can dredge the Qi in the chest and diaphragm as an assistant. When the three medicines are combined, the phlegm turbidity will be transformed, the chest yang will be invigorated, and the qi movement will be unobstructed, then the chest impediment will be eliminated.

[Modern application]

Modern medicine believes that this prescription improves coronary stirred pulse blood flow and corrects myocardial ischemia. It is mostly used to treat coronary heart disease, cardiac colicky pain, wind-dampness heart disease, intercostal neuralgia and other diseases.

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