formula | Eight-Ingredient Decoction Ba Wu Tang |
source | Volume 4 of Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fanglun |
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bubble_chart Composition Cinnamon bark, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum chuanxiong, Peucedanum praeruptorum, Saposhnikovia divaricata, each 22.5 gm; Paeonia lactiflora 45 gm; Glycyrrhiza uralensis (roasted), Poria cocos, each 15 gm.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Take 12 grams of the above ingredients, finely chewed. Boil with 220 ml of water, add 5 slices of ginger and 3 jujubes, and simmer until reduced to 180 ml. Remove the dregs and take before meals.
bubble_chart Indications
Jueyin common cold, aversion to wind, fatigue, spontaneous sweating, lower abdominal pain, chills and fever similar to malaria, joint pain, with a pulse that is faint and slow in both the chi and cun positions.