Rhubarb 12 gm, Ginseng, Licorice, Dried Ginger, each 6 gm, Aconite 9 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

The above 5 ingredients, finely chewed. Boil the 4 ingredients first in 800 ml of water, then add rhubarb just before it is fully cooked. Simmer until 250 ml of liquid remains, and divide into three doses.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Warming and activating spleen yang, purgation of cold-accumulation.

bubble_chart Indications

Insufficiency of spleen yang, cold accumulation leading to constipation, or prolonged dysentery with red and white discharge, abdominal pain, cold hands and feet, and a deep, wiry pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Aconite Lateral Root and Dried Ginger warm yang and dispel cold, Ginseng and Liquorice Root tonify qi and strengthen the spleen, Rhubarb Rhizoma eliminates food retention. The combination of these herbs drives out cold pathogens, resolves food retention, and restores spleen yang, thereby curing all symptoms.