Prescriptions for Removing Stagnancy of Qi
San Ceng Hui Xiang Wan (三层茴香丸)
Name
The Prescription of 三层茴香丸
Ingredients
Ba Jiao Hui Xiang 200 g,Chuan Lian Zi 200 g,Mu Xiang 200 g,Fu Ling 800 g,Bei Sha Shen 200 g,Bi Bo 200 g,Bing Lang 100 g,Fu Zi 100 g.Explanation
Ba Jiao Hui Xiang: Warming yang to dispel cold, regulating qi to alleviate pain.
Bi Bo: Warming middle energizer to alleviate pain and arresting vomiting.
Fu Zi: Warming up Yang-Qi, dispelling pathogenic cold.
Mu Xiang and Bing Lang: Promoting the circulation of Qi to remove stagnancy, relieving fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen and arresting tenesmus.
Chuan Lian Zi: Promoting the circulation of qi to alleviate pain.
Bei Sha Shen: Nourishing yin of lung and stomach, clearing heat of lung and stomach.
Fu Ling: Invigorating spleen and inducing tranquilization.
The Effect of 三层茴香丸
Effect
Warm the meridians to disperse cold, promote the circulation of qi to alleviate pain.
Indications
Cold hernia, abdominal pain due to cold-damp.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made into pills.
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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