Warm Spleen Decoction 1
【Source】Bei Ji Qian Jin Yao Fang, Vol. 15.
【Composition】Da Huang 12g, Ren Shen, Gan Cao, Gan Jiang each 6g, Fu Zi 9g
【Usage】Crush into coarse pieces. Use 800ml water, first decoct the four herbs, then add Da Huang when nearly done, decoct to 300ml, divide into two doses, take warm.
【Function】Warm and supplement spleen yang, purge cold accumulation.
【Indications】Spleen yang deficiency, cold accumulation constipation, or chronic dysentery with red and white stools, abdominal pain, cold limbs, deep and taut pulse.
【Discussion】Fu Zi and Gan Jiang warm yang and expel cold; Ren Shen and Gan Cao tonify qi and strengthen spleen; Da Huang clears accumulated stagnation. Together, they eliminate cold pathogens, clear stagnation, restore spleen yang, thus resolving all symptoms. |
