Daliang’s Mysterious Left Meridian Decoction

Daliang’s Mysterious Left Meridian Decoction,Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot, causing stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, aversion to cold with fever, spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind, dizziness, heaviness in the lower back, and sharp pain in the joints; or sudden stroke leading to unconsciousness and mental confusion, with constipation and difficult urination; or abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, stubborn numbness and stiffness in the thighs and legs, weakness and lack of coordination,heat-induced oppression, palpitations, restlessness with rising qi, cold numbness below the navel, and shortness of breath with shoulder-breathing.

Formulas Name : Daliang’s Mysterious Left Meridian Decoction

Chinese Name : 大料神秘左经汤

Drug Formulation

Ephedra (knots removed), dried Pueraria root, Asarum, Magnolia bark (processed with ginger, stir-fried), Poria, Stephania, Fructus Aurantii (stir-fried with wheat bran, seeds removed), Cinnamon bark, Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia (branches removed),Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Polygala (i.e., Polygala seedlings), white ginger (roasted), Pinellia (washed in boiling water to remove slipperiness), licorice, and Ophiopogon (core removed)—each in equal parts.

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 3.

Processing

Coarsely grind the ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot, causing stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, aversion to cold with fever, spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind, dizziness, heaviness in the lower back, and sharp pain in the joints; or sudden stroke leading to unconsciousness and mental confusion, with constipation and difficult urination; or abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, stubborn numbness and stiffness in the thighs and legs, weakness and lack of coordination,heat-induced oppression, palpitations, restlessness with rising qi, cold numbness below the navel, and shortness of breath with shoulder-breathing.

Instructions for Use

Take 4 daqian per dose, boil with 1.5 zhan of water, add 3 slices of ginger and 1 jujube, reduce to 7 fen, strain, and take on an empty stomach.

Daliang’s Mysterious Left Meridian Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 3.,Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Three Yang Meridians of the Foot, causing stiffness and pain in the hands and feet, difficulty walking, aversion to cold with fever, spontaneous sweating and aversion to wind, dizziness, heaviness in the lower back, and sharp pain in the joints; or sudden stroke leading to unconsciousness and mental confusion, with constipation and difficult urination; or abdominal pain, vomiting, and diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, stubborn numbness and stiffness in the thighs and legs, weakness and lack of coordination,heat-induced oppression, palpitations, restlessness with rising qi, cold numbness below the navel, and shortness of breath with shoulder-breathing.

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