Five-Spice Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

Five-Spice Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction,For consumptive debility, stabbing pain in the body, progressive emaciation, fullness of qi beneath the heart, and loss of appetite.

Formulas Name : Five-Spice Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

Chinese Name : 五香鳖甲饮

Drug Formulation

Softshell Turtle Carapace (with skirt removed, roasted with vinegar) 2 liang; Rhubarb (steamed in damp paper) 3 fen; Ginseng 2.5 liang; Aconite Root (roasted until cracked, with skin and navel removed) 2.5 liang; Fructus Aurantii (soaked in hot water to remove pith, stir-fried with wheat bran) 2.5 liang;Achyranthes root (sliced, baked) 2.5 liang, Cinnamon bark (coarse bark removed, chopped) 0.5 liang, Prepared Rehmannia root 1.5 liang (roasted), Magnolia bark (coarse bark scraped off, roasted with ginger juice) 1 liang, Schisandra berries (roasted) 1 liang, Wood fragrant 1 liang, Cloves 1 liang, Angelica root (sliced, roasted) 1 liang,Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang, Paeonia lactiflora 1 liang, Poria cocos (black skin removed) 1 liang, Myristica fragrans (skin removed) 1 liang, Aquilaria agallocha (chopped) 1 liang, Curcuma zedoaria (processed) 1 liang, Notopterygium incisum (root tip removed) 1 liang, Areca catechu (steamed) 1 liang.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.

Processing

Coarsely crush the ingredients into pieces the size of sesame or mung beans.

Benefits

For consumptive debility, stabbing pain in the body, progressive emaciation, fullness of qi beneath the heart, and loss of appetite.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose. Boil with 1 zhan of water, 1 large jujube (split open), and 3 slices of fresh ginger until the liquid is reduced to 7 fen. Strain and drink while warm; take at any time.

Five-Spice Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 89.,For consumptive debility, stabbing pain in the body, progressive emaciation, fullness of qi beneath the heart, and loss of appetite.

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