Ginseng, Astragalus, and Atractylodes Decoction

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Atractylodes Decoction,For diarrhea and dysentery, as well as prolapse of the anus due to qi deficiency following childbirth.

Formulas Name : Ginseng, Astragalus, and Atractylodes Decoction

Chinese Name : 参耆白术汤

Drug Formulation

Dangshen (stem removed, ground with rice) 2 qian, roasted Astragalus 1 qian 5 fen, Atractylodes macrocephala (cleaned and stir-fried) 1 qian 5 fen, cardamom powder 1 qian 5 fen, Poria 1 qian 5 fen, Chinese yam (stir-fried) 2 qian, Cimicifuga (thoroughly roasted) 6 fen, roasted licorice 7 fen.

Source

*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.

Benefits

For diarrhea and dysentery, as well as prolapse of the anus due to qi deficiency following childbirth.

Instructions for Use

Add 2 slices of fresh ginger; decoct and take orally. Alternatively, add 0.5 fen of processed Aconite.

Ginseng, Astragalus, and Atractylodes Decoction,*Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 3.,For diarrhea and dysentery, as well as prolapse of the anus due to qi deficiency following childbirth.

More Herbs Formulas

Formula for Treating Intestinal Ulcers

Formula for Treating Intestinal Ulcers,*Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 208.,For deficiency-dampness in the stomach and intestines, characterized by frequent diarrhea, undigested food in the stools, abdominal distension, borborygmi, pain around the navel and in the abdomen, and loose stools with a watery consistency.

Realgar and Wood Fragrance Powder

Realgar and Wood Fragrance Powder,From *Remarkably Effective Formulas*, Volume 40.,Effective for ten types of edema.

Maple Ointment

Maple Ointment,*Dongyi Baojian: Chapter on External Conditions*, Volume 1.,For red, swollen, and weeping eyes with a ruptured cornea.

Mangxiao Purple Pills

Mangxiao Purple Pills,From *Qianjin*, Volume 5.,For children with undigested food, stagnant qi, phlegm-fluid retention, alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, and emaciation.

Liver-Clearing Ointment

Liver-Clearing Ointment,From *Li Ye*.,Indicated for blood deficiency in the Liver Meridian accompanied by irritability and internal heat, or symptoms such as dizziness, headache, blurred vision, red eyes, tinnitus, deafness, pain in and around the ears, a sallow complexion, sour taste in the mouth, alternating chills and fever, frequent startles and insomnia, irritability, hemoptysis, chest fullness … Read more

Enhanced Lithospermum Decoction

Enhanced Lithospermum Decoction,*Introduction to Medicine*, Volume 8.,When smallpox has erupted but has not fully broken through.

Pills for Eliminating Phlegm

Pills for Eliminating Phlegm,From *The Universal Formulas for Relief* (Vol. 166), citing *The Family Treasure Formulas for Health Preservation*.,For all cases of long-standing phlegm masses, stagnant fluid, and alcohol intoxication.

Blood-Nourishing and Stagnation-Resolving Decoction

Blood-Nourishing and Stagnation-Resolving Decoction,From *Guide to Gynecology*, Volume 4.,Pregnancy beyond term without delivery.

Milk Musk and Mica Ointment

Milk Musk and Mica Ointment,*Direct Pointers*, Volume 22.,Fistula.

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm

Decoction for Clearing the Heart and Resolving Phlegm,From *Yu’an*, Volume 2.,For epilepsy.

Gardenia and Talc Decoction

Gardenia and Talc Decoction,*Yi Tong*, Volume 18.,For jaundice, abdominal distension, difficulty urinating, a flushed face, and spontaneous sweating.

Spleen-Tonifying and Primordial Qi-Assisting Powder

Spleen-Tonifying and Primordial Qi-Assisting Powder,*The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 5.,

Five Immortals Powder

Five Immortals Powder,From *Compendium of Miasma Disorders*, Volume 4.,Cough due to deficient fire in the lung and stomach.

Six-Ash Ointment

Six-Ash Ointment,*Zhunsheng: Treatment of Sores*, Volume 1.,For back abscesses, carbuncles, boils, swollen toxic sores, leprous sores, hemorrhoids, moles, and warts.

Five-Flavor Tianjiangzi Powder

Five-Flavor Tianjiangzi Powder,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 11.,For acute and chronic convulsions in children.

Qingping Pills

Qingping Pills,From *Jie Wei Yuan Sou*, Volume 3.,Indicated for severe wind disorders, stroke, injuries from falls or blows, and paralysis.

Formula for Warming and Washing the Eyes

Formula for Warming and Washing the Eyes,From *Selected Formulas of Renowned Physicians (Sequel)*.,For eyes with cold tears.

Blood-Cooling and Stagnation-Resolving Powder

Blood-Cooling and Stagnation-Resolving Powder,*Yuanhe Jiyong Jing*.,

Lingzhong Powder

Lingzhong Powder,From *Formulas for Universal Relief* (Pujifang), Volume 289.,For back abscesses and similar sores.

Four Substances Decoction with Black Ginger

Four Substances Decoction with Black Ginger,From *Essentials for Those Unfamiliar with Medicine*, Volume 4.,For sudden depletion of yin blood after childbirth, leaving yang with nothing to attach to, resulting in fever at night that subsides in the morning.

Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Decoction

Bupleurum Liver-Clearing Decoction,*Medical Case Records of Ma Peizhi*.,Rising anger, aversion to cold and heat, and sores and ulcers caused by wind-heat in the liver and gallbladder.

Fangji-Huangqi Decoction

Fangji-Huangqi Decoction,From *The Golden Chamber* (Volume 1).,In cases of qi deficiency in the muscle-skin layer, where wind and dampness combine and lodge in the skin, the entire body feels heavy, the limbs lack strength, the joints ache, spontaneous sweating occurs from time to time, and the patient gradually becomes averse to wind and reluctant to … Read more

Warming the Organs Pills

Warming the Organs Pills,From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 7.,For diarrhea and dysentery.

General’s Pill

General’s Pill,From *Pocket Guide*, Volume 2.,For consumptive wasting disease.

Five-Root Decoction

Five-Root Decoction,*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.,Leprosy.