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Agastache Decoction

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Agastache Decoction,Chronic accumulation and stagnation that has not resolved; or gastric reflux with vomiting, nausea, and dry retching; as well as spleen-cold disorders; watery diarrhea; and intestinal wind with visceral toxicity.

Formulas Name : Agastache Decoction

Chinese Name : 藿香煮散

Drug Formulation

1 liang Agastache leaves, 1 liang Wood Fragrance, 1 liang aged tangerine peel (soaked in hot water to remove the white pith, then baked), 1 liang nutmeg (shelled), 1 liang Terminalia chebula peel, 1 liang ginseng, 1 liang Poria cocos (coarse skin removed), 1 liang licorice (roasted),1 liang of cardamom (peeled), 1 liang of roasted wheat bran, 1 liang of roasted aged malt, half a liang of roasted dried ginger, half a liang of chopped and roasted Galanga, and 1.5 liang of Magnolia bark (coarse bark removed, roasted with ginger juice).

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

Chronic accumulation and stagnation that has not resolved; or gastric reflux with vomiting, nausea, and dry retching; as well as spleen-cold disorders; watery diarrhea; and intestinal wind with visceral toxicity.

Instructions for Use

Take 2 qian bi per dose; add 1 zhan of water and 1 piece of fresh ginger (crushed), then decoct together until reduced to 7 fen. Add 1 pin of salt and take while hot. For watery diarrhea, intestinal wind, or visceral toxins, take with warm rice water.

Agastache Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 72.,Chronic accumulation and stagnation that has not resolved; or gastric reflux with vomiting, nausea, and dry retching; as well as spleen-cold disorders; watery diarrhea; and intestinal wind with visceral toxicity.

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