Prescriptions for Mediating Shaoyang Channel
Da Yuan Yin (达原饮): Classic TCM Formula
Name
The Prescription of 达原饮
Source
The book Wen Yi Lun
Ingredients
Bing Lang 6 g,Hou Po 3 g,Cao Guo 1.5 g,Zhi Mu 3 g,Shao Yao 3 g,Huang Qin 3 g,Gan Cao 1.5 g.Explanation
Huang Qin: Purging the stagnated heat.
Hou Po and Cao Guo: Being pungent in taste and drastic in nature, eliminating turbidity, drying dampness, resolving phlegm, regulating the Qi of the middle-Jiao.
Bing Lang: Directing Qi go downwards to relieve its stagnation, promoting the flow of Qi of the lower-Jiao.
Shao Yao: Tonifying blood.
Zhi Mu: Clearing heat, purging fire and nourishing yin.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating Qi, regulating the stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
The Effect of 达原饮
Effect
Eliminating pathogenic factors from pleurodiaphragmatic interspace.
Indications
Malaria, pestilence, viral encephalitis, flu.
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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