[Preparation method and dosage]
Eucommia Bark (Cortex Eucommiae)
ginger juice-fried until fiber-broken Gentian (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae)
[Efficacy]
dispelling wind dampness, relieving paralysis and pain, benefiting liver and kidney, tonifying qi blood.
[Indications]
Liver kidney qi Insufficient blood, blood qi stagnation, spasm of hands and feet, wind, cold, and dampness.
[Prescription]
The prescription is named "Three Paralysis", Neijing said: The three qi of wind, cold and dampness combine to form paralysis. This prescription can cure the three paralysis, so it is named. This recipe is Pubescent Angelica and Taxillus Decoction. Go to Chinese Taxillus Herb and add Astragalus Root and Dipsacus Become. In the prescription, Pubescent Angelica, Asarum expelling wind and eliminating dampness, relieve pain and relieve pain; Gui, Xiong, Shao, Prepared Rehmannia Root, tonifying yin activates blood circulation; Eucommia Bark, Dipsacus, Twotooth Achyranthes Root strengthens waist and knees, strengthens muscles and bones; Astragalus Root, Ginseng, Poria, Liquorice Root, tonifying qi and strengthening the spleen; Cassia Central Bark dispels cold and relieves pain; Gentian, Saposhnikovia Root dispels cold and overcomes dampness. Therefore, with sufficient qi and blood, the evil will be eliminated.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- external contraction wind, cold, dampness.
- joint pain.
- Sprained paralysis of hands and feet.
- Prolonged illness.
[Addition and subtraction]
- Heavy wind pain flows away: add Notopterygium and Cinnamon Twig.
- Cold agonizing arthralgia remains unchanged: add Ephedra and Aconite Lateral Root.
- Dampness, pain and swelling: add Atractylodes Rhizome, Stephania Tetrandra, White Atractylodes Rhizome.
- For those who prefer heat: add mulberry twig.
- Static blood is as painful as a prick: add Peach Kernel, Carthamus.
[Modern application]
Chronic motor nerve paralysis, sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage, hemiplegia or general paralysis, numbness of hands and feet, sciatica, myalgia and myositis, wind-dampness arthritis.