Prescriptions For Recuperating Depleted Yang and Rescuing Patients from Collapse
Bai Tong Jia Zhu Dan Zhi Tang (白通加猪胆汁汤)
Name
The Prescription of 白通加猪胆汁汤
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Cong Bai 9 g,Gan Jiang 3 g,Fu Zi 10 g,Human Urine 15 ml,Pig's Bile 3 ml.Explanation
Cong Bai: Dispelling wind-cold, and invigorating yang.
Fu Zi: warming up Yang-Qi, dispelling pathogenic cold.
Gan Jiang: Warming the lung and dispelling cold so as to eliminate retained phlegm and warming up the spleen-Yang to remove dampness.
Human Urine: Nourishing yin to clear fire, stopping bleeding and resolving stasis.
Pig's Bile: Tonifying the lung and spleen, moistening dryness.
The Effect of 白通加猪胆汁汤
Indications
Shaoyin disease.
Administrations
Cong Bai, Fu Zi and Gan Jiang are first decocted for the decoction into which Human Urine and Pig’s Bile are put, taken warm two times a day.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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