18 gm Sichuan pepper (stir-fried to charred), 18 gm cinnamon twig, 9 gm galangal, 18 gm bupleurum, 12 gm fennel, 9 gm tangerine peel, 9 gm evodia (soaked to reduce bitterness), 9 gm green tangerine peel.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Use 1.6 liters of fast-flowing water, boil it down to 600 ml, and administer 200 ml while warm. Cover with a blanket to induce slight sweating, which is beneficial. If no sweating occurs, take another 200 ml, followed by ginger soup to promote sweating. The next morning, take another 200 ml, but there is no need to cover with a blanket to induce sweating again.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming the middle and dissipating cold, moving qi to relieve pain.

bubble_chart Indications

Exposure to cold-dampness leads to hernia, with alternating chills and fever, a wiry and rapid pulse, a white and slippery tongue or a tongue without coating, absence of thirst, pain around the navel, or pain in the hypochondrium.