Evil-Dispelling Decoction

Evil-Dispelling Decoction,For consumptive disease with pathogen transmission, characterized by qi fullness, wheezing, and coughing; constipation with hard, dry stools; and emaciation with weakness.

Formulas Name : Evil-Dispelling Decoction

Chinese Name : 祛邪饮

Drug Formulation

1 liang of betel nut (roasted), 1 liang of rhubarb (chopped, stir-fried), 1 qian of asafoetida (ground), 1 fen of cinnabar (ground), 1 fen of musk (ground), and 1 fen of qinjiao (with stems and soil removed).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.

Processing

Except for musk and cinnabar, finely chop the remaining herbs to the size of a sesame seed or mung bean, mix thoroughly, and divide into 5 doses.

Benefits

For consumptive disease with pathogen transmission, characterized by qi fullness, wheezing, and coughing; constipation with hard, dry stools; and emaciation with weakness.

Instructions for Use

For each dose, use 7 tips each from peach and willow branches from the southeast, each about one fist-length long; finely chop them. Add one fistful of Artemisia annua. Soak the mixture overnight in 1.5 sheng of a young boy’s urine until the fifth watch at dawn the next day, when the rooster crows. Then, decoct the mixture together for more than 10 boils, pour it out, and filter it through fine silk. Divide it into 2 doses and take them consecutively on an empty stomach.By the next morning, the patient will begin to expel foul substances resembling hair, horsehair, or fish brains; the expulsion will cease on its own without needing to be stopped.

Note

One should eat soft rice and congee to recuperate; after 7 days, use tonic herbs to replenish the body.

Evil-Dispelling Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 93.,For consumptive disease with pathogen transmission, characterized by qi fullness, wheezing, and coughing; constipation with hard, dry stools; and emaciation with weakness.

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