Prescriptions for Warming the Middle-Jiao to Dispel Pathogenic Cold
Dang Gui Sheng Jiang Yang Rou Tang (当归生姜羊肉汤)
Name
The Prescription of 当归生姜羊肉汤
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Dang Gui 9 g,Sheng Jiang 15 g,Mutton 50 g.Explanation
Dang Gui: Tonifying blood and activating blood, alleviating pain and moistening intestines.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
Mutton: Warming the spleen and stomach, tonifying qi and deficiency, dispelling cold.
The Effect of 当归生姜羊肉汤
Effect
Warm the spleen and stomach, tonify blood, dispel cold and alleviate pain.
Indications
Cold hernia, consumptive disease, abdominal pain, hypochondriac pain, blood deficiency after delivery.
Administrations
Decoct 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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