bubble_chart Efficacy

Dispel wind, strengthen the body, and combine both attacking and nourishing approaches.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Treats apoplexy and hemiplegia (apoplexy causing half-body paralysis), inability to control the body, inability to speak, confusion, unawareness of pain, or stiffness preventing turning over.
2. Treats lying flat but unable to lie down, cough with dyspnea, and facial swelling.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is a variation of the Dyers Woad Dragon Decoction. In the original formula, Dried Ginger is used to replace Fresh Ginger Rhizome, and Chinese Date is removed, replaced by Chinese Angelica, Ginseng, and Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, which have blood-tonifying, nourishing, and strengthening effects. The formula includes Ephedra, Chuanxiong, and Cinnamon to release flesh and dispel wind, Chinese Angelica and Ginseng to harmonize blood and support the body's vital energy, Gypsum combined with Bitter Apricot Seed to enhance the power of expelling pathogens, and Liquorice Root combined with Dried Ginger to restore vital energy, forming a formula that both attacks and tonifies.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. Apoplexy presents with heat symptoms.
2. Hemiplegia.
3. Cough and wheezing.
4. Facial swelling.
5. Pulse is floating and large.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral softening, neuralgia, hemiplegia, facial paralysis, arthritis, migraine, bronchitis, asthma, nephritis, edema, etc.