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Fang nameThree Impediments Decoction
[Preparation method and dosage]

Ginseng (Radix Ginseng)
Astragalus Root (Radix Astragali seu Hedysari)
Poria (Poria)
Liquorice Root (Radix Glycyrrhizae)
Chinese Angelica (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)
Sichuan Lovage Rhizome (Rhizoma Chuanxiong)
Peony Root (Radix Paeoniae Alba)
Unprocessed Rehmannia RootYellow (Radix Rehmanniae Recens)
Eucommia Bark (Cortex Eucommiae) ginger juice-fried until fiber-broken
Cyathula Root (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae)
Sichuan Dipsacus (Radix Dipsaci)
Cassia Central Bark (Cortex Centralis Cinnamomi)
Asarum (Herba Asari)
Gentian (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae)
ChuanPubescent Angelica (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis)
Saposhnikovia Root (Radix Saposhnikoviae)

[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]

  1. external contraction wind, cold, dampness.
  2. joint pain.
  3. Sprained paralysis of hands and feet.
  4. Prolonged illness.

[Addition and subtraction]

  1. Heavy wind pain flows away: add Notopterygium and Cinnamon Twig.
  2. Cold agonizing arthralgia remains unchanged: add Ephedra and Aconite Lateral Root.
  3. Dampness, pain and swelling: add Atractylodes Rhizome, Stephania Tetrandra, White Atractylodes Rhizome.
  4. For those who prefer heat: add mulberry twig.
  5. 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.

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