Emergency Sichuan Pepper Decoction，Quoted from *Xiaopin Fang* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.，For cold-induced hernia, with stabbing chest pain, pain radiating around the navel and throughout the abdomen, profuse white sweating, and extreme distress bordering on death.
Emergency Sichuan Pepper Decoction
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Formulas Name : Emergency Sichuan Pepper Decoction
Chinese Name : 解急蜀椒汤
Drug Formulation
200 Sichuan peppers (stir-fried until they release sweat), 1 piece of aconite root (processed), half a sheng of japonica rice, half a liang of dried ginger, 12 pieces of pinellia (washed), 20 jujubes, and 1 liang of licorice (roasted).
Source
Quoted from *Xiaopin Fang* in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.
Processing
Chop the ingredients.
Benefits
For cold-induced hernia, with stabbing chest pain, pain radiating around the navel and throughout the abdomen, profuse white sweating, and extreme distress bordering on death.
Instructions for Use
Boil 7 sheng of water until reduced to 3 sheng; strain and clarify the liquid. Take 1 sheng while hot; if not cured, take another 1 sheng.
Note
Avoid pork, mutton, malt syrup, seaweed, and Chinese cabbage.
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Emergency Sichuan Pepper Decoction,For cold-induced hernia, with stabbing chest pain, pain radiating around the navel and throughout the abdomen, profuse white sweating, and extreme distress bordering on death.