Fang name | Dichroa Decoction |
source | Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang |
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[Preparation method and dosage]
Dichroa (Radix Dichroae)
burn wine-fried 2 qián Caoguo (Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai)
simmered 1 qián Three slices of ginger, one jujube, half wine and half decocted in water, left exposed for one night, face east before meals administered while warm, dregs soaked in wine and decocted, take first when malaria is about to occur. Another prescription contains galangal and licorice without betel nut, another prescription adds pangolin and licorice.
[Indications]
If the malaria persists for a long time, use this to cut it off.
[Documentation]
- Zhao Yide said: After studying materia medica, Anemarrhena, Caoguo, Dichroa, Liquorice Root, Smoked Plum, Areca Seed, and Pangolin Scales, they are all used to treat malaria. The one who combines them into a prescription is Anemarrhena. It is cold in nature and enters the foot. Yang Ming, cures the heat that is only dominant in Taiyin, causing it to retreat to Taiyin. Caoguo warm dryness, cures the cold that is dominant in Taiyin, causing it to retreat to Yangming. When the two meridians are combined, there will be no yin-yang interlocking. It is a sovereign medicinal. Dichroa mainly Hanre malaria, vomiting phlegm knots in the chest, it is minister medicinal, Liquorice Root and various medicines, Smoked Plum removes phlegm, Areca Seed removes phlegm habit, breaks stagnation of Qi, it is assistant medicinal, Pangolin Scales Living in a cave mountain, when encountering water, it enters and exits the yin-yang, and penetrates the meridians to the body to break the evil of summer knot, which is a guiding medicinal method. However, if there is accumulation of phlegm in the spleen and stomach, it will be effective.
- Li Shi-cai said: Dichroa will cause vomiting if used raw. If used with Liquorice Root, it will also cause vomiting. If soaked in wine and stir-fried thoroughly, but with enough money, every time I see miraculous results, I don't see it or vomiting. Isn't it a pity that people in the world are obsessed with the idea that the elderly should not take medicine if they are chronically ill? This makes good medicines doubtful and makes it difficult for serious illnesses to arise?
- Li Shi-zhen said: Dichroa Dichroa Twig and Leaf, preventing attack of malaria, must be used after spreading the exterior pathogen and raising the yang component. Liquorice Root will cause vomiting, and Rhubarb Rhizoma will benefit. Smoked Plum Pangolin Scales goes into the liver, wheat Bamboo Leaf goes into the heart, Glutinous Sorghum Ephedra goes into the lungs, Fossil Bone Aconite Lateral Root goes into the kidneys, Caoguo Areca Seed goes into the spleen, no phlegm, no malaria, one The power of things is also to expel phlegm water, Dichroa Twig and Leaf, Dichroa seedlings. Day hair is the yang component, and night hair is the yin component.
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