Prescriptions for Inducing Resuscitation with Drugs Cold in Nature
Ren Dan
Name
The Prescription of Ren Dan
Ingredients
Sheng Shi GaoHua ShiEr ChaGan CaoBo HeDing XiangMu XiangXiao Hui XiangSha RenChen PiGan JiangRou GuiExplanation
Shi Gao: Removing heat and restlessness.
Gan Cao: Regulating the stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Gan Jiang: Warming the lung and dispelling cold so as to eliminate retained phlegm but also warming up the spleen-Yang so as to remove dampness.
Ding Xiang: Warming the stomach, dispelling pathogenic cold, checking the upward adverse flow of Qi, and arresting hiccup.
Hua Shi: Inducing diuresis to treat stranguria, clearing heat and summer-heat, dispelling dampness.
Bo He: Dispersing wind-heat, clearing the head, improving eyesight, relieving sore throat, expelling wind.
Er Cha: Activating blood and curing trauma, stopping bleeding, promoting regeneration and healing wound.
Sha Ren: Resolving dampness and promoting the flow of qi, warming middle energizer and arresting vomiting, checking diarrhea.
Rou Gui: Reinforcing fire and strengthening yang, dispelling cold to alleviate pain, warming meridians and collaterals.
Chen Pi: Promoting the flow of qi, arresting vomiting, drying dampness and resolving phlegm.
Mu Xiang: Promoting the flow of qi and alleviating pain.
Xiao Hui Xiang: Dispelling cold and alleviating pain, regulating qi and harmonizing the stomach.
The Effect of Ren Dan
Effect
Clear heat and relieve summer-heat, arrest vomiting, expel wind and strengthen the stomach.
Indications
Dizziness, indigestion, seasickness, nausea and vomiting, choking sensation in chest, vomit due to sunstroke, endemic.
Administrations
Keep under tongue, 0.1~0.2 g per time.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated to pregnant women, infants and young children.
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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