Decoction of Yellow Dragon with Supplements

Decoction of Yellow Dragon with Supplements

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Slim dried rehmannia root

No. 2 Liquorice

No. 3 Ginseng

No. 4 Rhubarb

No. 5 Mirabilite

No. 6 Scrophularia root

No. 7 Ophiopogon root

No. 8 Chinese angelica root

No. 9 Sea cucumber

No. 10 Ginger juice

INDICATIONS: Syndrome of the accumulation of heat accompanied by weakened body resistance with such symptoms as constipation, abdominal fullness and distension, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, dryness of the mouth and throat, parched or chapped lips with fissures on the tongue, dry scorched yellow or black tongue fur.

Equally, this recipe can be modified to treat paralytic, simple and obliterative intestinal obstruction, habitual constipation, epidemic or non-epidemic febrile diseases in their climax marked by interior excess and accumulation of heat, and effective for those with deficiency of the vital qi and massive loss of yin and blood.

CAUTIONS: Ginseng should be decocted alone, and then poured into the decoction of other ingredients before intake.

Ten Chinese-dates Decoction

Ten Chinese-dates Decoction

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Parched genkwa

No. 2 Kansui root

No. 3 Knoxia root

All the above drugs should be equal in dosage.

INDICATIONS: Pleural effusion and edema, manifested by pain in the chest and hypochondrium when coughing or spitting, hardness and stuffiness in the epigastrium, retching, shortness of breath, headache with halo, difficult respiration due to pain in the thorax and back, slippery coating on the tongue, sunken and taut pulse; or edema which is more serious in the lower part of the body, abdominal fullness, dyspnea, difficulty in urination and defecation.

Moreover, the modified recipe is also used to treat hydrothorax, ascites and edema caused by exudative pleurisy, hepatic cirrhosis, acute pancreatitis, chronic nephritis and nephrotic syndrome, etc.; or simple intestinal obstruction, acute gastric dilatation and others that are ascribed to strong body resistance with exuberance of pathogenic factors.

CAUTIONS;

1. This recipe is advisable only to those who have excessive fluid and are in stout constitution. When the rapid purgation occurs, the administration must be withdrawn. If the purgation is not thorough, which suggests incomplete removal of fluid retention, the administration may be continued depending on the health condition.

2. If the purgation is required for patients with excessiveness of pathogen and general debility, there are several methods available in accordance with the patient's conditions, such as the method of administering medicines to drive out the pathogenic factors first and then give tonics for recuperation, the method of administering tonics first to improve the patient's general condition and then give drastic drugs to drive out pathogens, and the method of administering medicines to drive out invading pathogens and give tonics to reinforce the body resistance at the same time. When the patient's general condition takes a favourable turn, the treatment should be aimed at warming and replenishing the kidney-qi and recuperating the spleen and stomach.

3. It is never administered for pregnant women and the patients with weak health condition without excessiveness of pathogens.

Hemp Seed Pill

Hemp Seed Pill

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Hemp seed

No. 2 White peony root

No. 3 Fruit of Immature citron

No. 4 Rhubarb

N0. 5 Magnolia bark

No. 6 Bitter apricot kernel

INDICATIONS: Syndrome of constipation due to intestinal dryness manifested as frequency of urination, dry stool, or constipation due to dehydration after febrile diseases, and habitual constipation.

This recipe can equally be adapted for the treatment of constipation caused by intestinal dryness due to over-sweating in the febrile diseases, habitual constipation marked by rabbit-stool-like feces.

CAUTIONS:

1. The recipe should be administered with great care for the aged and the weak or those with constipation caused by exhaustion of body fluid and blood dryness without pathogenic heat.

2. It is not advisable for the pregnant women.

Decoction for Warming Spleen

Decoction for Warming Spleen

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Rhubarb

No. 2 Prepared aconite root

No. 3 Dried ginger

No. 4 Ginseng

No. 5 Liquorice

INDICATIONS: Constipation caused by accumulation of cold due to hypofunction of the spleen, marked by periumbilical cold-pain which will be alleviated with a warm hand on the region; also may be used to treat protracted diarrhea accompanied by abdominal pain, epigastric fullness, cold extremities, white tongue fur, deep and taut pulse.

Equally, the recipe can also be modified to treat the following cases; constipation due to insufficiency of yang as seen in chronic gastritis, enteritis and other chronic illnesses; or chronic diarrhea due to insufficiency of yang as seen in the cases of chronic dysentery, chronic ulcerative colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, etc.

CAUTIONS: Prepared aconite root should be decocted for 30 to 60 minutes in water prior to other ingredients so as to lessen its toxicity, while rhubarb should be added into the decoction posterior to all other ingredients lest its purgative action should be reduced.

Decoction of Rhubarb and Aconite

Decoction of Rhubarb and Aconite

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Rhubarb

No. 2 Prepared aconite root

No. 3 Asarum herb

INDICATIONS: Syndrome of interior excess due to the accumulation of pathogenic cold, manifested as abdominal pain, constipation, hypochondriac pain, fever, cold limbs, white and greasy coating on the tongue, taut and tense pulse.

Besides, this recipe can be modified to deal with such cases as acute or chronic constipation accompanied with accumulation of pathogenic cold, acute appendicitis, intestinal obstruction ascribable to insufficient-cold type.

CAUTIONS:

1. Generally, the dosage of rhubarb should not exceed that of prepared aconite root.

2. If the administration of this recipe results in the relief of constipation, the patient can be pronounced to be out of danger; but if the patient does not respond well to the recipe marked by constipation, vomiting, cold limbs and thready pulse, it indicates that the patient is still in danger.

Major Decoction for Removing Phlegm­heat from Chest

Major Decoction for Removing Phlegm­heat from Chest

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Rhubarb

No. 2 Mirabilite

No. 3 Kansui root

INDICATIONS: Syndrome due to accumulation of pathogenic heat with stagnancy of fluid or phlegm in the chest, manifested as fullness, pain and tenderness of the area from the epigastrium to the lower abdomen where the patient may feel too painful to be touched, constipation, mild tidal fever as well as restlessness and shortness of breath, thirst and dryness of the tongue, sunken, tense and forceful pulse.

Equally, this recipe can be modified to deal with inflammatory hydrothorax and ascites, acute edematous pancreatitis or severe cases of intestinal obstruction and others  which pertain to the accumulation of pathogenic heat with stagnancy of fluid or phlegm in the chest.

CAUTIONS:

1. The administration should be withdrawn immediately after thorough purgation is achieved; The secondary administration is necessary for those without thorough purgation. Since the recipe is indicated for the treatment of acute diseases, the prescribed dosage should be strictly observed to avoid impairment of the vital qi, but the pathogens should be purged promptly so as to prevent the persistence in the body.

2. The administration is prohibited for those with weak constitution or those who have just recovered from the illness and can not bear the drastic effect of the recipe.

Purgative Decoction for Coordinating the Function of Stomach

Purgative Decoction for Coordinating the Function of Stomach

INGREDIENTS:

No. 1 Rhubarb

No. 2 Liquorice

No. 3 Mirabilite

INDICATIONS: Yangming disease marked by gastrointestinal dryness and heat, manifested by obstruction of defecation, thirst and vexation, fever like steaming abdominal distension and fullness, delirium, yellow tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse as well as eruption, hematemesis, epistaxis, painful swelling of mouth, teeth and throat caused by domination of heat in the intestine and stomach. It can also be indicated for the cases with mild abdominal fullness.