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Dried Pueraria and Life-Sustaining Decoction

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Dried Pueraria and Life-Sustaining Decoction,Yangming exterior syndrome due to wind invasion: body heat without aversion to wind, no sweating, and a slow, long pulse.

Formulas Name : Dried Pueraria and Life-Sustaining Decoction

Chinese Name : 干葛续命汤

Drug Formulation

Xiao Xuming Decoction (with 1 times the amount of dried Pueraria root, 1 times the amount of Cinnamomum twig, and 1 times the amount of Scutellaria root added).

Source

*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.

Benefits

Yangming exterior syndrome due to wind invasion: body heat without aversion to wind, no sweating, and a slow, long pulse.

Dried Pueraria and Life-Sustaining Decoction,*Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 1.,Yangming exterior syndrome due to wind invasion: body heat without aversion to wind, no sweating, and a slow, long pulse.

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