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Aconite and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

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Aconite and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction,For epidemic diseases lasting more than seven days, with a persistent and intense fever, hard and dry stools, fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, inability to eat or drink, mental confusion and drowsiness, delirium and rambling speech, and a deep, fine pulse.

Formulas Name : Aconite and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

Chinese Name : 附子鳖甲汤

Drug Formulation

Half liang of softshell turtle shell, half liang of white fresh bark, half liang of artemisia, 1 fen of asarum, 1 fen of cinnamon twig, 1 fen of white atractylodes, 1 fen of evodia, 1 fen of aconite, 1 fen of bitter orange, 3 fen of rhubarb, and 1 liang of fresh ginger.

Source

*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.

Benefits

For epidemic diseases lasting more than seven days, with a persistent and intense fever, hard and dry stools, fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, inability to eat or drink, mental confusion and drowsiness, delirium and rambling speech, and a deep, fine pulse.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients. Boil with 3 sheng of water until reduced to 1 sheng, then divide into three doses.

Aconite and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction，*Treatise on General Diseases of Cold Damage*, Volume 5.，For epidemic diseases lasting more than seven days, with a persistent and intense fever, hard and dry stools, fullness and distension in the chest and abdomen, inability to eat or drink, mental confusion and drowsiness, delirium and rambling speech, and a deep, fine pulse.

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