Licorice and Atractylodes, 6 grams each; Dried Ginger and Poria, 12 grams each.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Decoct the above 4 ingredients with 1 liter of water until reduced to 600 ml. Administer in three doses while warm. The waist will feel warm immediately.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warm the spleen and overcome dampness.

bubble_chart Indications

Physical exertion and sweating cause the clothes to become cold and damp, leading to cold-dampness lumbago, a heavy sensation in the body, cold pain in the lower back and below, as if sitting in water, a heavy feeling in the abdomen, no thirst, normal urination, and unchanged appetite.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The kidney is affected by cold-dampness, which lingers and does not dissipate, leading to cold-dampness lumbago. However, the disease is not in the kidney itself but in its external organ. Therefore, the treatment does not involve warming the kidney to disperse cold but rather warming the earth to overcome water. In the prescription, Dried Ginger, which is pungent and hot, warms the interior and dissipates cold, serving as the sovereign medicinal. White Atractylodes Rhizome and Poria fortify the spleen and disinhibit water, acting as the minister medicinals. Liquorice Root tonifies qi and harmonizes the middle, serving as the assistant and envoy to regulate and harmonize the various medicinals.