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Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium

Pin Yin: Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang

Category: Release Exterior Cold
Additional Categories: Dispel Wind Dampness; Release Wind from Skin and Channels

Actions:
Releases Exterior Dampness and clears mild Interior Heat;
-- used for Exterior Wind-Cold-Dampness with mild Interior Heat, with symptoms of chills and mild heat effusion (fever), absence of sweating, headache, and stiff neck.

Symptom indications include heat effusion (fever), chills with no sweating, headache, stiff neck, and a bitter taste in the mouth, indicating a slight presence of Interior Heat.
(See Exterior Dampness ; Wind-Damp Bi ; TaiYang-stage Exterior Cold .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Notopterygii, Rz et Rx [qiang huo]

1.5

Ledebouriellae, Rx (= Sileris, Rx) [fang feng]

1.5

Atractylodis, Rz [cang zhu]

1.5

Asari, Hb cum Radice [xi xin]

0.5

Ligustici Wallichi, Rx [chuan xiong]

Angelicae, Rx [bai zhi]

Scutellariae, Rx [huang qin]

Rehmanniae Glutinosae (dried), Rx [sheng di huang]

Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao]

   Associated Modern Diseases: upper respiratory tract infection, influenza, sinusitis, acute lower back sprain, rheumatic heat effusion (fever).

   Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be Taken with Green Tea [ChuanXiongCha Tiao San].

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