Digu Bai Pi Wuwei Decoction

Digu Bai Pi Wuwei Decoction,For patients who, after recovering from an epidemic disease, are physically weak and emaciated, frequently experience headaches, dry lips and mouth, and alternating chills and fever that occur at specific times; or for those who, though able to move about, exhibit the aforementioned symptoms during certain periods; also indicated for typhoid fever.

Formulas Name : Digu Bai Pi Wuwei Decoction

Chinese Name : 地骨白皮五味饮子

Drug Formulation

3 liang of white bark of Lycium, 3 liang of Anemarrhena rhizome, 5 liang of Ophiopogon tuber (with core removed), 1 sheng of bamboo sap, and 3 he of white honey.

Source

From *Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Formulas by Xu Renze*.

Benefits

For patients who, after recovering from an epidemic disease, are physically weak and emaciated, frequently experience headaches, dry lips and mouth, and alternating chills and fever that occur at specific times; or for those who, though able to move about, exhibit the aforementioned symptoms during certain periods; also indicated for typhoid fever.

Instructions for Use

Cut the ingredients into pieces. Combine the Lycium bark, Anemarrhena rhizome, and Ophiopogon tuber with 6 sheng of water, boil until reduced to 2 sheng, strain out the residue, then add the bamboo sap and honey, stirring well to blend. Divide the mixture into three doses and take warm, spacing them apart by the time it takes to walk 10 li. If the patient feels too weak to take the entire dose on an empty stomach, it is acceptable to take it in intervals with food.

Digu Bai Pi Wuwei Decoction,From *Wai Tai*, Volume 3, citing *Formulas by Xu Renze*.,For patients who, after recovering from an epidemic disease, are physically weak and emaciated, frequently experience headaches, dry lips and mouth, and alternating chills and fever that occur at specific times; or for those who, though able to move about, exhibit the aforementioned symptoms during certain periods; also indicated for typhoid fever.

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