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Fang namePrepared Liquorice Decoction
aliasPulse-Restoring Decoction
sourceTreatise on Typhoid and Death
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[Preparation method and dosage]

Liquorice Root (Radix Glycyrrhizae) roasted 12gm (4 liǎng)
Ginseng (Radix Ginseng) 6gm (2 liǎng)
Cinnamon Twig (Ramulus Cinnamomi) peeled 9gm (3 liǎng)
Fresh Ginger Rhizome (Rhizoma Zingiberis) cut 9gm (3 liǎng)
Donkey-hide Gelatin (Colla Corii Asini) 6gm (2 liǎng)
Unprocessed Rehmannia Root (Radix Rehmanniae Recens) 48gm (1 jīn)
Ophiopogon Tuber (Radix Ophiopogonis) de-cored 12gm (8 liǎng)
Hemp Seed (Semen Cannabis) 12gm (half shēng)
Chinese Date (Fructus Jujubae) split 30 pieces

The above 9 ingredients, use 1400ml of sake (7 shēng), 1600ml of water (8 shēng), boil the 8 ingredients first, take 600ml (3 shēng), remove dregs, Donkey-hide Gelatin is gone, administer while warm 200ml (1 shēng ), administer 3 times a day.

[Efficacy]

replenishing qi and nourishing yin, nourishing blood to restore pulsation.

[Indications]

  1. qi deficiency: scanty blood, knotted pulse, severe palpitation, chest tightness and shortness of breath, light tongue with little coating.
  2. consumptive disease lung atrophy, dry cough without phlegm, or uncomfortable phlegm, blood in the phlegm, insomnia, spontaneous sweating night sweat, dry throat, dry mouth, dry stools, weak and rapid pulse.

[Prescription]

Qi and blood are depleted, the heart is deprived of nourishment, and blood flow is not smooth, so severe palpitation and pulse knotting occur. Treatment should be enriching yin and replenishing blood, tonifying qi and replenishing the pulse. The prescription reuses Prepared Liquorice Root sweet and warm tonifying qi as the main medicine, supplemented by Tangshen and Chinese Date tonifying qi Benefits the stomach and is the foundation of pulse generation; Donkey-hide Gelatin, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Ophiopogon Tuber, Hemp Seed, replenish heart blood and heart yin to replenish blood vessels; Cinnamon Twig, Fresh Ginger Rhizome and wine are pungent and warm. Powdered, it can clear the heart yang and smoothen the heart channels. The characteristic of its combination of medicinals is based on the principle that the body's yin blood needs to be driven by yang qi. The focus is on replenishing heart qi and unblocking heart yang. Heart yang, heart qi, complex are the necessary prerequisites for relieving the knotted blood vessels; combined with tonifying blood enriching yin drugs to fill the blood vessels, so that the yang qi can be attached without floating, then palpitation can be stopped by itself, and the result is regularly intermittent. The pulse also returns to normal, so it is also called "Pulse-Restoring Decoction". As for the syndrome of consumptive disease lung atrophy, it is also caused by yin deficiency and lack of blood. The function of this prescription is to nourish blood and enrich yin, so it can also be treated.

[Key points of syndrome differentiation]

  1. Pulse knot generation.
  2. severe palpitations.
  3. Light tongue with little coating.
  4. Insomnia.
  5. dry cough.

[Addition and subtraction]

  1. qi deficiency: Add Astragalus Root.
  2. blood stasis: Add Salvia, Red Peony Root, Carthamus, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome .
  3. insomnia: Add Sour Jujube, Poria with Pine, Fossil Bone.
  4. yang deficiency: add Aconite Lateral Root.
  5. lung atrophy cough: add Platycodon Root, Immature Orange Fruit.
  6. Chest tightness: add Poria and Bitter Apricot Seed.

[Modern application]

This prescription strengthens the heart, promotes blood circulation and corrects arrhythmia. Used for arrhythmias, palpitation, coronary heart disease, viral myocarditis, endocarditis, cardiac valvular disease, Basset's disease, tuberculosis, anemia, stirred pulse sclerosis.

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