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Four-Ingredient Muscle-Relaxing Decoction

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Four-Ingredient Muscle-Relaxing Decoction,For external pathogenic factors causing muscle spasms, or damp-heat affecting the Taiyang channel; or for swelling and pain in the legs and feet, with contracted leg tendons.

Formulas Name : Four-Ingredient Muscle-Relaxing Decoction

Chinese Name : 四味舒筋汤

Drug Formulation

Duhuo, Danggui, Cangzhu, and Huangbai, each in equal parts.

Source

From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.

Benefits

For external pathogenic factors causing muscle spasms, or damp-heat affecting the Taiyang channel; or for swelling and pain in the legs and feet, with contracted leg tendons.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally.

Four-Ingredient Muscle-Relaxing Decoction,From *Symptoms, Causes, Pulse, and Treatment*, Volume 3.,For external pathogenic factors causing muscle spasms, or damp-heat affecting the Taiyang channel; or for swelling and pain in the legs and feet, with contracted leg tendons.

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