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Cimicifuga Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms

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Cimicifuga Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms,Fever with chest fullness; external pathogenic factors not resolved; combined with food stagnation and external pathogenic invasion.

Formulas Name : Cimicifuga Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms

Chinese Name : 升麻解表汤

Drug Formulation

Cimicifuga, Pueraria root, Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia, Bupleurum, Fructus Aurantii, Magnolia officinalis, Citrus reticulata, Licorice, Pinellia.

Source

*The Great Explanation of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.

Benefits

Fever with chest fullness; external pathogenic factors not resolved; combined with food stagnation and external pathogenic invasion.

Cimicifuga Decoction for Relieving Exterior Symptoms,*The Great Explanation of Cold Damage*, Volume 4.,Fever with chest fullness; external pathogenic factors not resolved; combined with food stagnation and external pathogenic invasion.

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