Four-Ingredient Decoction

Four-Ingredient Decoction,For cold-induced illness, indigestion, heat-induced illness, and menorrhagia in women.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Decoction

Chinese Name : 四治汤

Drug Formulation

5 qian of white sugar.

Source

From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.

Benefits

For cold-induced illness, indigestion, heat-induced illness, and menorrhagia in women.

Instructions for Use

For typhoid fever, mix with ginger decoction; for indigestion, mix with hawthorn decoction; for heat-related disorders, mix with freshly drawn water; for menorrhagia in women, mix with Hundred Herbs Ash decoction.

Four-Ingredient Decoction,From *Compilation of Remarkable Formulas*, Volume 2.,For cold-induced illness, indigestion, heat-induced illness, and menorrhagia in women.

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