Search for Herbal Teas Recipes by Symptom:

Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Relieving Pain

Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. All references in this article to TCM syndrome differentiation, herbal medicines, teas, and decoctions are intended to promote TCM culture and are provided solely for educational and reference purposes.

Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Relieving Pain,For bi syndrome with a predominance of dampness, characterized by heaviness and aching pain in the body, which worsens or flares up on overcast days. Rheumatic pain and bi syndrome.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Relieving Pain

Chinese Name : 除湿蠲痛汤

Drug Formulation

Atractylodes lancea (soaked in rice water, stir-fried) 2 qian, Notopterygium root 1.5 qian, Poria cocos 1.5 qian, Alisma orientale 1.5 qian, Atractylodes macrocephala 1.5 qian, Dried tangerine peel 1 qian, Licorice root 0.4 fen.

Source

From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 4.

Benefits

For bi syndrome with a predominance of dampness, characterized by heaviness and aching pain in the body, which worsens or flares up on overcast days. Rheumatic pain and bi syndrome.

Instructions for Use

Add 2 zhong of water; decoct until reduced to 8 fen; add 2–3 spoonfuls each of ginger juice and bamboo sap; take the decoction.

Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Relieving Pain,From *Zhun Sheng: Categorized Formulas*, Volume 4.,For bi syndrome with a predominance of dampness, characterized by heaviness and aching pain in the body, which worsens or flares up on overcast days. Rheumatic pain and bi syndrome.

More Herbs Formulas

Boiled Liver Pills

Boiled Liver Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 87.,Cold-induced debility. Abdominal pain with diarrhea, sallow and haggard complexion, and weakness in the limbs.

Zuo Jing Pills

Zuo Jing Pills,From *Su Shen’s Effective Prescriptions*, Volume 2.,For various disorders of the tendons and bones, uncoordinated movements of the hands and feet, and inability to walk or move.

Enhanced Six-Depression Decoction

Enhanced Six-Depression Decoction,From *Gu’s Medical Pathways*, Volume 6.,For conditions caused by sudden anger or emotional depression, manifesting as fullness and oppression in the chest and diaphragm, and stagnation of the middle qi.

Stone-Removing Decoction

Stone-Removing Decoction,*Three Causes*, Volume 18.,Postpartum Exhaustion. For women who, due to a difficult childbirth, have become extremely fatigued and physically weakened, and who suffer from anxiety and mental distress, resulting in debility, shortness of breath, fatigue, chills and fever resembling malaria, headache, spontaneous sweating, lethargy in the limbs, coughing with phlegm, and sharp, cramping pain … Read more

Black Donkey Hide Dietary Formula

Black Donkey Hide Dietary Formula,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 188.,For stroke-induced paralysis of the hands and feet, aching joints, restlessness, dry mouth, and facial asymmetry.

Coptis and Garlic Pills

Coptis and Garlic Pills,From *The Compendium of Life-Saving Principles*, Volume 1.,For spleen stagnation and food accumulation.

Skin-Restoring Pills

Skin-Restoring Pills,From *Collected Medical Formulas*, Volume 21, citing *Continuation of Formulas for Saving Lives*.,For various forms of leprosy and skin diseases.

Great Blood-Nourishing Pills

Great Blood-Nourishing Pills,*Outline of Medical Science*, Volume 17.,For hemoptysis due to yin deficiency.

Pungent-Cool Decoction for Activating Stagnant Blood

Pungent-Cool Decoction for Activating Stagnant Blood,*Science of Traumatology in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,Urticaria caused by wind-heat constricting the exterior and stagnating in the skin and muscles.

Artemisia Spike Poultice Formula

Artemisia Spike Poultice Formula,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 137.,All types of tinea.

Hawthorn Internal Dissolution Pills

Hawthorn Internal Dissolution Pills,*Unified Formulary of Traditional Prescriptions of Tianjin Municipality*.,Indicated for epigastric fullness, acid regurgitation, chest fullness and bloating, pain associated with masses or lumps, and constipation caused by stagnation of qi and blood.

Almond Elixir

Almond Elixir,From *Formulas and Ingredients of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,For common cold caused by wind-pathogen, with cough and excessive phlegm.

Weilingxian Powder

Weilingxian Powder,*Comprehensive Treatise on the Treatment of Ulcers*, Volume 7.,For early-stage swollen abscesses and malignant sores.

Tobacco Gum and Mercury Oxide Solution

Tobacco Gum and Mercury Oxide Solution,*A Concise Compendium of Traditional Chinese Dermatology*.,Goose-Paw Eczema.

Puxiang Stagnation-Resolving Pills

Puxiang Stagnation-Resolving Pills,*National Collection of Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Tianjin Formula).,Indicated for chest and abdominal distension, indigestion, vomiting and nausea, retention of food and fluid, qi stagnation with oppression and depression, and stabbing pain in the epigastrium.

Gu Sheng Powder

Gu Sheng Powder,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 10.,Arthralgia, stiffness of tendons and vessels, and joint pain.

Decoction to Boost Qi and Stop Leakage

Decoction to Boost Qi and Stop Leakage,*Fu Qingzhu’s Gynecology*, Volume 2.,Qi deficiency unable to retain blood, resulting in spontaneous abortion during pregnancy.

Thousand Gold Oolong Paste

Thousand Gold Oolong Paste,*Complete Book of Experiences on Sores and Ulcers*, Volume 4.,For all lower-body damp-toxin conditions, bone-invading toxins, leg abscesses, and unexplained disorders of the tendons and meridians.

Papaya and Tiger Bone Pills

Papaya and Tiger Bone Pills,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 81.,Wind-toxin-induced beriberi, characterized by pain and weakness, stiffness of tendons and meridians, and difficulty walking. Bi syndrome caused by the combined effects of wind, cold, and dampness, presenting with heavy, numb legs, pain and weakness, a dull ache in the soles of the feet, inability to step firmly … Read more

Small Asafoetida Pills

Small Asafoetida Pills,From *Danxi’s Heart Method*, Volume 3.,Food stagnation; meat stagnation; food stagnation in children presenting with a spider-like distension of the abdomen, abdominal pain, and cloudy white urine; abdominal distension in children; and phlegm-fluid accumulation.

Er Miao Si Wu Decoction

Er Miao Si Wu Decoction,*Danxi’s Essentials* and *Formulas of the Taiping Huimin Hujiu Bureau*,Clears heat and drains dampness; regulates qi and harmonizes blood. Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by severe lower abdominal pain during menstruation, scanty and sluggish menstrual flow, prolonged menstrual periods, pale or dull-black menstrual blood with small clots, chronic lower back … Read more

Jujube Seed Powder

Jujube Seed Powder,*San Yin*, Volume 14.,For edema caused by water retention, affecting all ages—regardless of whether the condition is chronic or acute.

Stone-Carved Formula

Stone-Carved Formula,From *Yi Tong*, Volume 77, citing *Yi Jian Zhi*.,Poison from witchcraft.

Ear-Blowing Pill

Ear-Blowing Pill,From *Secret Transmission of Proven Internal and External Prescriptions*.,Pus oozing from the ear.

Decoction of Egg Whites

Decoction of Egg Whites,From *Yixin Fang*, Volume 6, citing *Shanfan Fang*.,For bone-related conditions with bitterness, restlessness, and fever.