formula | Four-Ingredient Mosla Decoction Si Wei Xiang Ru Yin |
source | Yixue Xinwu, Cheng Guopeng, 1732 |
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bubble_chart Composition Elsholtzia 4.5 gm, Lablab 4.5 gm, Magnolia officinalis (ginger juice-fried) 4.5 gm, Glycyrrhiza (roasted) 1.5 gm.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
decocted in water for administration .
bubble_chart Efficacy
Dispelling summer-heat and releasing the external, resolving dampness to harmonize the middle.
bubble_chart Indications
Wind-cold and summer-heat syndrome. Headache, fever, irritability, thirst, or vomiting and diarrhea, leading to cholera, or spasms in both legs.
bubble_chart Formula Modification
If accompanied by wind-cold, add Schizonepeta, Gentian, and Chastetree Fruit; if accompanied by cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness, and thirst, add Coptis Rhizome; if there is spasm in both legs, add Floweringquince Fruit and Poria; if wind and summer heat combine to cause convulsions, add Notopterygium and Uncaria.