Spleen-Contracting Decoction

Spleen-Contracting Decoction,For patients who, following a bout of cholera, have developed restlessness and thirst due to excessive intake of heat-inducing medications. For summer heat syndrome with restlessness, thirst, agitation, and oppression; and for both dry and wet types of cholera.

Formulas Name : Spleen-Contracting Decoction

Chinese Name : 缩脾饮

Drug Formulation

White mung beans (husked, roasted) 2 liang; dried kudzu root (chopped) 2 liang; cardamom (roasted, husked) 4 liang; dried black plum pulp (cleaned) 4 liang; Amomum villosum 4 liang; licorice (roasted) 4 liang.

Source

*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).

Benefits

For patients who, following a bout of cholera, have developed restlessness and thirst due to excessive intake of heat-inducing medications. For summer heat syndrome with restlessness, thirst, agitation, and oppression; and for both dry and wet types of cholera.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients. Take 4 qian per dose; boil in 1 large bowl of water until reduced to 8 fen; strain out the residue; cool in water and drink cold, or take it hot or warm as desired; it is exceptionally effective as a substitute for boiled water.

Spleen-Contracting Decoction,*Formulae of the Imperial Bureau*, Volume 2 (New Formulas Added in Baoqing).,For patients who, following a bout of cholera, have developed restlessness and thirst due to excessive intake of heat-inducing medications. For summer heat syndrome with restlessness, thirst, agitation, and oppression; and for both dry and wet types of cholera.

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