Genkwa (roasted), Kansui, and Daiji, each in equal parts.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients in equal parts separately into powder. Boil 300 ml of water with ten large, plump jujubes first, then take 160 ml of the liquid, remove the dregs, and add the powdered medicine. A strong person should take 1 gram per dose, while a weak person should take 0.5 grams. Administer while warm, preferably in the early morning. If the illness is not relieved and the symptoms are mild, take another dose the next day, increasing by half a qián. After achieving a strong purgative effect, nourish the body with congee.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Expelling water by purgation.

bubble_chart Indications

Pleural fluid retention or thoracic fluid retention, located in the chest and hypochondrium, causing coughing and spitting with referred pain in the chest and hypochondrium, epigastric stuffiness and hardness, retching and shortness of breath, headache and dizzy vision, or pulling pain in the chest and back preventing rest; edema, abdominal distension and fullness, difficulty in urination and defecation, belonging to the excess pattern.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Gansui Root is effective in moving water-dampness through the channels, Peking Euphorbia Root is effective in draining water-dampness from the zang-fu organs, and Lilac Daphne is effective in resolving recurrent fluid retention in the chest and hypochondrium. When these three herbs are used together, their ability to expel water is very strong. However, all three herbs are toxic, so Chinese Date is added to tonify qi, protect the stomach, and mitigate the toxicity of the other herbs, thereby reducing adverse reactions after taking the medicine.

Contraindicated for those with weak constitution and pregnant women.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Currently used for liver cirrhosis, ascites, exudative pleuritis, and other conditions presenting the aforementioned symptoms.