Dispelling Dampness and Fluids from the Wei Layer

Dispelling Dampness and Fluids from the Wei Layer,Expels pathogens from the exterior, clears summer-heat, and transforms dampness. Summer-heat and dampness invade the exterior, stagnating and obstructing the Wei layer. Symptoms include fever with slight aversion to wind and cold, headache with a sensation of distension and heaviness, heaviness of the body and soreness in the joints, absence of sweat or scant sweating, no thirst, a red tip of the tongue, a white greasy or slightly yellow greasy coating, and a floating, slippery, rapid, or soft and rapid pulse.

Formulas Name : Dispelling Dampness and Fluids from the Wei Layer

Chinese Name : 卫分宣湿饮

Drug Formulation

Elsholtzia 3 g, Artemisia annua 6 g, Talc 12 g, Poria 3 g, Akebia 3 g, Apricot Kernel 6 g, Lotus Leaf 6 g, Winter Melon Rind 30 g, Bamboo Leaf 9 g.

Source

*Essentials of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Summer-Heat Diseases*

Benefits

Expels pathogens from the exterior, clears summer-heat, and transforms dampness. Summer-heat and dampness invade the exterior, stagnating and obstructing the Wei layer. Symptoms include fever with slight aversion to wind and cold, headache with a sensation of distension and heaviness, heaviness of the body and soreness in the joints, absence of sweat or scant sweating, no thirst, a red tip of the tongue, a white greasy or slightly yellow greasy coating, and a floating, slippery, rapid, or soft and rapid pulse.

Dispelling Dampness and Fluids from the Wei Layer,*Essentials of the Diagnosis and Treatment of Summer-Heat Diseases*,Expels pathogens from the exterior, clears summer-heat, and transforms dampness. Summer-heat and dampness invade the exterior, stagnating and obstructing the Wei layer. Symptoms include fever with slight aversion to wind and cold, headache with a sensation of distension and heaviness, heaviness of the body and soreness in the joints, absence of sweat or scant sweating, no thirst, a red tip of the tongue, a white greasy or slightly yellow greasy coating, and a floating, slippery, rapid, or soft and rapid pulse.

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