Houpo-Ma Huang Decoction

Houpo-Ma Huang Decoction,Cough with a floating pulse. Cough accompanied by severe counter-pulse, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and a hoarse voice resembling the call of a waterfowl, with a floating pulse.

Formulas Name : Houpo-Ma Huang Decoction

Chinese Name : 厚朴麻黄汤

Drug Formulation

5 liang of Magnolia Bark, 4 liang of Ephedra, gypsum the size of a chicken’s egg, half a sheng of apricot kernels, half a sheng of Pinellia, 2 liang of dried ginger, 2 liang of Asarum, 1 sheng of wheat, and half a sheng of Schisandra berries.

Source

*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.

Benefits

Cough with a floating pulse. Cough accompanied by severe counter-pulse, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and a hoarse voice resembling the call of a waterfowl, with a floating pulse.

Instructions for Use

Boil the above herbs in 1 dou 2 sheng of water. First, cook the wheat until tender, strain out the residue, then add the remaining herbs and boil until reduced to 3 sheng. Take 1 sheng warm at a time, three times daily.

Houpo-Ma Huang Decoction,*Jin Gui* (The Golden Chamber), Volume 1.,Cough with a floating pulse. Cough accompanied by severe counter-pulse, shortness of breath, chest fullness, and a hoarse voice resembling the call of a waterfowl, with a floating pulse.

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