Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction

Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction,For men and women suffering from debility due to chronic overwork or failure to recover to normal health after a serious illness—manifesting as heaviness and sluggishness in the limbs, aching and soreness in the bones and muscles, shallow and labored breathing, shortness of breath and fatigue upon movement, or tightness in the lower abdomen, stiffness and pain in the lower back and waist, palpitations, a dry throat and lips, pallor of the face and body, loss of appetite, weakness of yin and yang, deep sadness and grief, and a tendency to lie down frequently while rising rarely—In severe cases, this condition may persist for years; in milder cases, it may last as little as one hundred days. As the condition gradually leads to emaciation and the depletion of the vital energy of the five viscera, recovery becomes difficult.

Formulas Name : Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction

Chinese Name : 黄耆建中汤

Drug Formulation

Minor Jianzhong Decoction: 2 liang of Astragalus, 2 liang of Ginseng.

Source

The formula is from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 4); the name appears in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 17).

Benefits

For men and women suffering from debility due to chronic overwork or failure to recover to normal health after a serious illness—manifesting as heaviness and sluggishness in the limbs, aching and soreness in the bones and muscles, shallow and labored breathing, shortness of breath and fatigue upon movement, or tightness in the lower abdomen, stiffness and pain in the lower back and waist, palpitations, a dry throat and lips, pallor of the face and body, loss of appetite, weakness of yin and yang, deep sadness and grief, and a tendency to lie down frequently while rising rarely—In severe cases, this condition may persist for years; in milder cases, it may last as little as one hundred days. As the condition gradually leads to emaciation and the depletion of the vital energy of the five viscera, recovery becomes difficult.

Instructions for Use

Boil 9 sheng of water down to 3 sheng, strain out the residue, add 8 liang of maltose, and divide into 3 doses; repeat the preparation every other day.

Astragalus Jianzhong Decoction,The formula is from *Formulas for Emergency Use* (Vol. 4); the name appears in *Thousand Gold Prescriptions* (Vol. 17).,For men and women suffering from debility due to chronic overwork or failure to recover to normal health after a serious illness—manifesting as heaviness and sluggishness in the limbs, aching and soreness in the bones and muscles, shallow and labored breathing, shortness of breath and fatigue upon movement, or tightness in the lower abdomen, stiffness and pain in the lower back and waist, palpitations, a dry throat and lips, pallor of the face and body, loss of appetite, weakness of yin and yang, deep sadness and grief, and a tendency to lie down frequently while rising rarely—In severe cases, this condition may persist for years; in milder cases, it may last as little as one hundred days. As the condition gradually leads to emaciation and the depletion of the vital energy of the five viscera, recovery becomes difficult.

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