San San San Decoction

San San San Decoction,For convulsions, internal and external heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest, loss of appetite, unceasing vomiting, and various wind-heat conditions.

Formulas Name : San San San Decoction

Chinese Name : 三解散

Drug Formulation

Sichuan rhubarb (roasted) 1 fen, peony root 1 fen, licorice (roasted) 1 fen, dried scorpion 1 fen, white silkworm pupae 1 fen, platycodon root 1 fen, ginseng 1 fen, curcuma 1 fen, white aconite root half liang, saposhnikovia root half liang, scutellaria root half liang.

Source

From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 19 of *Youyou Xinshu*.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

For convulsions, internal and external heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest, loss of appetite, unceasing vomiting, and various wind-heat conditions.

Instructions for Use

For high fever with vomiting and diarrhea, adjust the dosage of Fangfeng and Maiye Decoction from 1 character to 1 qian; for fever alone, adjust with Licorice and Willow Branch Decoction; if the fever persists, adjust with Honey-coated Arctium Lace Seed and Peppermint Decoction; for unrelenting vomiting and diarrhea, take 3 cardamom pods, wrap them in flour and bake, grind into a fine powder, mix with flour and a pestle to form pills the size of mung beans, and swallow 5–7 pills with rice soup—this will stop the symptoms immediately.

San San San Decoction,From *Lingyuan Fang*, cited in Volume 19 of *Youyou Xinshu*.,For convulsions, internal and external heat, restlessness and oppression in the chest, loss of appetite, unceasing vomiting, and various wind-heat conditions.

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