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formulaThree-Ingredient Mosla Decoction San Wu Xiang Ru Yin
sourceZhengzhi Zhunsheng
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bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Chinese Mosla (Herba Moslae)
Magnolia Bark (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis)
Hyacinth Beans (Semen Dolichoris Album)

This prescription is best taken cold.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing summer heat toxins, quenching thirst, and relieving diarrhea.

bubble_chart Indications

In the summer months, exposure to cold while seeking coolness and consuming cold drinks can lead to external contraction of cold and internal damage from dampness. Symptoms include aversion to cold with fever, heaviness of the head and headache, absence of sweating, chest tightness, or fatigue in the limbs, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhea, thirst, a white and greasy tongue coating, and a floating pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Chinese Mosla is acrid, warm, and aromatic, releasing exterior and dissipating cold, while also clearing summerheat and transforming turbidity, serving as the sovereign herb; Magnolia Bark is acrid, bitter, and warm, moving qi and relaxing the middle, resolving dampness stagnation, serving as the minister herb; Hyacinth Bean is sweet and neutral, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the middle, while also draining dampness and relieving summerheat, serving as the assistant herb. Chinese Mosla inherently has the function of resolving dampness, and with the assistance of Magnolia Bark and Hyacinth Bean, it not only releases exterior and dissipates cold but also enhances the ability to resolve dampness and harmonize the middle. This formula is used for seasonal external contraction disease in summer, clearing summerheat and promoting sweating to relieve heat. Hyacinth Bean is sweet and neutral, strengthening the spleen and harmonizing the middle, while also draining dampness and relieving summerheat, serving as the assistant herb. Chinese Mosla inherently has the function of resolving dampness, and with the assistance of Magnolia Bark and Hyacinth Bean, it not only releases exterior and dissipates cold but also enhances the ability to resolve dampness and harmonize the middle. This formula is used for seasonal external contraction disease in summer, clearing summerheat and promoting sweating to relieve heat.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

  1. Summer vomiting and diarrhea.
  2. aversion to cold with fever.
  3. heaviness of head pain.
  4. abdominal pain.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

  1. In cases of severe fever: add Pueraria Root, Sweet Wormwood, and Lonicera.
  2. In cases of severe vomiting and diarrhea: add Poria, Liquorice Root.
  3. In cases of severe interior heat: add Coptis Rhizome.
  4. In cases of spontaneous sweating and limb fatigue: add Ginseng, Astragalus Root.
  5. In cases of insufficient middle qi: add Tangshen, White Atractylodes Rhizome, red tangerine exocarp.
  6. In cases of cramps: add Floweringqince Fruit, combined with Peony Root Liquorice Root Decoction.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Summer heat diarrhea, headache, abdominal pain, vomiting, gastrointestinal common cold, enteritis.

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