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Minor Prolong Life Decoction

Pin Yin: Xiao Xu Ming Tang

Category: Release Wind from Skin and Channels
Additional Categories: Rescue Devastated Yang; Warm Channels and disperse Cold

Actions:
   Warms the Channels, unblocks the Yang Qi, expels Wind, and Supplements the central Qi;
  ---used for wind-stroke (sudden paralysis) associated with invasion by Exterior Cold with Vacuity of Yang and preexisting Vacuity of Protective Qi; symptoms include hemiplegia, sudden paralysis, and possibly coma.
   (See Interior-Cold-Vacuity (Vacuity of Yang); Vacuity of Protective Qi; Exterior Cold .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Ephedrae, Hb [ma huang]

1-2

Ligustici Wallichi, Rx [chuan xiong]

1-2

Aristolochiae seu Cocculi, Rx [guang fang ji]

2-4

Pruni Armeniacae, S (= Armeniacae Amarae, S) [xing ren]

3-4

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

3-4

Zingiberis Recens, Rz [sheng jiang]

4-6

Ginseng, Rx [ren shen]

1-2

Aconiti Praeparata, Rx [fu zi]

1-3

Cinnamomi Cassiae, Cx [rou gui]

1-2

Paeoniae Lactiflorae, Rx [bai shao]

2-4

Scutellariae, Rx [huang qin]

1.5-3

Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao]

1-2

Associated Modern Diseases: facial paralysis, cerebrovascular accident, urticaria, rheumatoid arthritis.

Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Ephedra Decoction [Ma Huang Tang]; Cinnamon Twig Decoction [Gui ZhiTang]; Renewal Powder [Zai Zao San].

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