Prescriptions for Invigorating Qi
Baoyuan Tang
Name
The Prescription of Baoyuan Tang
Source
The book Guan Ju Fang Yao Bu
Ingredients
Gui Zhi 6 g,Bai Zhu 3 g,Ren Shen 3 g,Huang Qi 2.5 g,Dang Gui 2.5 g,Fu Zi 2 g.Explanation
Huang Qi: Replenishing Qi to consolidate the superficial resistance.
Bai Zhu: Strengthening the spleen to invigorate Qi, working together with Huang Qi to ensure the flourish or Qi and the consolidation of the superficial resistance, thus preventing excessive perspiration and invasion of exogenous pathogens.
Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to dispel pathogenic cold.
Fu Zi: Warming up the channels and supporting Yang-Qi.
Ren Shen: Invigorating primordial Qi, strengthening the spleen and stomach.
Dang Gui: Enriching blood and regulating Yang.
The Effect of Baoyuan Tang
Indications
Hemiplegia, apoplexy, unconsciousness, prostration, Sudden coma.
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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