Coptis and White Peony Decoction
【Source】Treatise on Warm Diseases, Volume 2.
【Composition】Coptis 6 grams, scutellaria 6 grams, pinellia 9 grams, fructus aurantii immaturus 4.5 grams, white peony root 9 grams, ginger juice 25 ml (added separately)
【Usage】Use 1.6 liters of water, boil down to 600 ml. Divide into three doses, warm and take.
【Function】Pungent opening and bitter descending, harmonize liver and stomach.
【Indications】Tai Yin spleen malaria: chills starting from extremities, no thirst, frequent vomiting, heat gathering in chest region.
【Additions】If agitation is severe, take one pill of ox bile pill additionally.
【Discussion】Spleen governs limbs; chills beginning in limbs without thirst indicates spleen malaria. Heat gathering in chest with frequent vomiting shows earth element disorder allowing wood element to invade. Thus, the formula primarily aims to harmonize liver and stomach. Since heat is dominant, more heat-clearing herbs are used, while peony helps consolidate spleen yin. |
