Cimicifuga Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation,From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.,Scrofula around the neck or extending to the jawline belongs to the Foot Yangming Meridian; if the nodules are deep and sunken, hidden beneath the fleshy folds, they also belong to the Foot Shaoyin Meridian. Both present as swollen, hard lumps of varying sizes.
Cimicifuga Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation
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Formulas Name : Cimicifuga Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation
Chinese Name : 升麻散坚汤
Drug Formulation
Cimicifuga (Shengma) 0.5 fen, Licorice (Gancao) 0.5 fen, Curcuma (E Zhu) 0.5 fen, Acorus (San Leng) 0.5 fen, Dried Tangerine Peel (Chen Pi) 0.5 fen, Platycodon (Jiegeng) 0.5 fen, Coptis (Huanglian) 0.5 fen, Gentiana (Longdancao) 0.5 fen, Pueraria Root (Ge Gen) 0.5 fen, Ligusticum (Chuanxiong) 0.5 fen, White Peony Root (Bai Shao) 0.5 fen, Summer Deadgrass (Xia Kucao) 0.5 fen, Forsythia (Lianqiao) 0.5 fen, Scutellaria (Huangqin) 0.5 fen, Angelica (Dang Gui) 0.5 fen.
Source
From *The Authentic Treatise on Surgery*, Volume 2.
Processing
Decoct 2 zhong of water until reduced to 8 fen; take warm after meals. Double the dosage of the above herbs, grind into a powder, and form into honey pills the size of mung beans.
Benefits
Scrofula around the neck or extending to the jawline belongs to the Foot Yangming Meridian; if the nodules are deep and sunken, hidden beneath the fleshy folds, they also belong to the Foot Shaoyin Meridian. Both present as swollen, hard lumps of varying sizes.
Instructions for Use
Take 100 pills per dose, mixed with rice wine before bedtime. It is even more effective not to rest one’s head on a pillow.
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Cimicifuga Decoction for Dispelling Stagnation,Scrofula around the neck or extending to the jawline belongs to the Foot Yangming Meridian; if the nodules are deep and sunken, hidden beneath the fleshy folds, they also belong to the Foot Shaoyin Meridian. Both present as swollen, hard lumps of varying sizes.