Prescriptions For Recuperating Depleted Yang and Rescuing Patients from Collapse
Baitong Tang
Name
The Prescription of Baitong Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Cong Bai 9 g,Gan Jiang 3 g,Fu Zi 10 g.Explanation
Cong Bai: Dispelling wind-cold, and invigorating yang.
Fu Zi: Being good at supporting the congenital true fire of Ming Men, promoting the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the twelve regular channels, used raw to act on the whole body rapidly to warm up Yang-Qi and dispel cold.
Gan Jiang: warming the Yang-Qi of the middle-Jiao to remove cold in the interior,assisting Fu Zi in promoting the generation of Yang-Qi.
The Effect of Baitong Tang
Effect
Recuperating depleted Yang and breaking yin.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
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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