Single-Ingredient Radish Seed Decoction

Single-Ingredient Radish Seed Decoction,For chest constriction in typhoid fever and warm diseases. The condition involves phlegm and fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm, which coalesce with exogenous pathogenic factors, obstructing the throat above and the epigastric region below, resulting in labored breathing, a sensation of fullness and oppression, shortness of breath, and an inability to swallow water, which may be regurgitated; it also treats chest constriction associated with epidemic diseases.

Formulas Name : Single-Ingredient Radish Seed Decoction

Chinese Name : 一味莱菔子汤

Drug Formulation

Radish seeds 2 liang (1 liang raw, 2 liang roasted).

Source

*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.

Benefits

For chest constriction in typhoid fever and warm diseases. The condition involves phlegm and fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm, which coalesce with exogenous pathogenic factors, obstructing the throat above and the epigastric region below, resulting in labored breathing, a sensation of fullness and oppression, shortness of breath, and an inability to swallow water, which may be regurgitated; it also treats chest constriction associated with epidemic diseases.

Instructions for Use

Pound all ingredients together, decoct to yield 1 large teacup of decoction, and take it all at once.

Single-Ingredient Radish Seed Decoction,*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For chest constriction in typhoid fever and warm diseases. The condition involves phlegm and fluid retention in the chest and diaphragm, which coalesce with exogenous pathogenic factors, obstructing the throat above and the epigastric region below, resulting in labored breathing, a sensation of fullness and oppression, shortness of breath, and an inability to swallow water, which may be regurgitated; it also treats chest constriction associated with epidemic diseases.

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