三仁汤

Name

Decoction of Three Kinds of Kernels

The Prescription of 三仁汤

Source

The book Wen Bing Tiao Bian

Ingredients

Xing Ren (Semen Armeniacae Amarum) 15 g,Fei Hua Shi (refined Talcum) 18 g,Bai Tong Cao (Medulla Tetrapanacis) 6 g,Bai Kou Ren (Semen Amomi Cardamomi) 6 g,Zhu Ye (Herba Lophatheri) 6 g,Hou Po (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) 6 g,Yi Yi Ren (Semen Coicis) 18 g,Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 10 g.

Explanation

Xing Ren: One of the principal drugs, being bitter in flavor and slightly warm in nature,facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to promote the function of the upper-Jiao.

Bai Kou Ren: One of the principal drugs, being pungent in flavor and warm in nature, removing dampness, promoting the circulation of Qi to regulate the middle-Jiao.

Yi Yi Ren: One of the principal drugs, being insipid in flavor and slightly cold in nature, mildly inducing diuresis to remove dampness so as to dredge the lower-Jiao.

Ban Xia and Hou Po: Promoting the circulation of Qi, removing dampness and relieving fullness.

Hua Shi, Tong Cao and Zhu Ye: Inducing diuresis to remove damp-heat.

The Effect of 三仁汤

Effect

Promoting the functional activities of Qi and removing damp-heat.

Indications

Syndrome due to newly-formed severe dampness and mild heat pathogens, marked by headache, aversion to cold, heaviness and soreness of the body, yellowish complexion, fullness in the chest, loss of appetite, afternoon-fever, whitish tongue, no thirst, and taut thready feeble pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as typhoid fever, gastroenteritis, pyelonephritis, bronchopneumonia and postoperative intestinal adhesion.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken 3 times.