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Major Order the Qi Decoction

Pin Yin: Da Cheng Qi Tang

Actions:
   Purges Heat from Intestines;
  ---used for YangMing Organ and for other situations in which there is a combination of "clumping" of Heat in the Intestines with sensation of abdominal fullness, focal distention, and hard dry stools, with or without heat effusion (fever).
   (See YangMing-stage Organ .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Rhei, Rz [da huang]

2-4

Mirabilitum (= Magnesia Sulfaricum; Natrum Sulfaricum) [mang xiao]

3-4

Citri seu Ponciri Immaturus, Fr (= Aurantii Immaturus, Fr) [zhi shi]

4-5

Magnoliae Officinalis, Cx [hou po]

4-8

Cautions:
Contraindicated during pregnancy.

Associated Modern Diseases: acute uncomplicated appendicitis, acute cholecystitis, acute pancreatitis, post-operative constipation, roundworms in bile duct, early-stage dysentery, pneumonia.

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