Prescriptions for Dispersing Exogenous Wind
Qianzheng San: Classic TCM Formula
Name
Powder for Treating Wry-mouth
The Prescription of Qianzheng San
Source
The book Yang Shi Jia Cang Fang
Ingredients
Bai Fu Zi (Rhizoma Typhonii),Jiang Can (Bombyx Batryticatus),Quan Xie (Scorpio).The above three ingredients are in the same amount.
Explanation
Bai Fu Zi: Dispelling wind pathogen, resolving phlegm, having the special action of treating wind syndrome of the head.
Jiang Can and Quan Xie: Dispelling wind pathogen and relieving spasm.
These three ingredients works together to exert special and great potency.
The Effect of Qianzheng San
Effect
Dispelling wind, removing phlegm and relieving spasm.
Indications
Wind syndrome manifested as facial paralysis, distortion of the face, or even convulsion of the facial muscles, whitish tongue, and floating slippery pulse; including facial neuroparalysis and prosopalgia.
Administrations
The three ingredients are ground into fine powder. 3 g of which is taken each time, twice daily. The ingredients may also be decocted in water for oral dose, but, in so doing, their dosages should be modified properly according to their original proportions.
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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