Tong Shen Decoction

Tong Shen Decoction,For deficiency-cold in the Upper Jiao with uncontrollable dry retching.

Formulas Name : Tong Shen Decoction

Chinese Name : 通神汤

Drug Formulation

Dried ginger (roasted, peeled) 5 liang; Sichuan pepper (seeds and closed pods removed, stir-fried until sweating) 3 liang; Acorus 2 liang; Cinnamon bark (coarse outer bark removed) 2 liang; Atractylodes macrocephala 2 liang; Pinellia (washed in boiling water 7 times to remove slipperiness, processed with ginger) 1 liang; Ginseng 1 liang; Schisandra berries (stir-fried) 1 liang; Licorice (roasted) 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.

Benefits

For deficiency-cold in the Upper Jiao with uncontrollable dry retching.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian bi per dose; add 1 zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 6 fen, strain out the residue, and take warm after meals. After a while, gradually increase the dose to 4 qian bi, stopping when the condition improves.

Tong Shen Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 54.,For deficiency-cold in the Upper Jiao with uncontrollable dry retching.

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