Gardenia Six-Ingredient Powder,From *Formulas of Xu Renze*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.,For epidemic diseases or typhoid fever where the condition persists after sweating and purgation induced by chicken-egg decoction.
Gardenia Six-Ingredient Powder
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Formulas Name : Gardenia Six-Ingredient Powder
Chinese Name : 栀子六味散
Drug Formulation
30 Gardenia fruits (unripe), 5 liang dried Pueraria root, 2 liang Artemisia capillaris, 3 liang Sichuan Cimicifuga, 5 liang rhubarb, and 5 liang sodium carbonate.
Source
From *Formulas of Xu Renze*, cited in Volume 3 of *Wai Tai*.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a powder.
Benefits
For epidemic diseases or typhoid fever where the condition persists after sweating and purgation induced by chicken-egg decoction.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 fangcun bi per dose, washed down with a drink. Shortly after taking it, one should feel the urge to have a bowel movement. If, after one liangshi qing, there is still no bowel movement, and even after taking a hot drink, there is still no result, take another 1 fangcun bi immediately, again washed down with a drink, until a bowel movement occurs. Afterward, simply rest and regulate body temperature; there is no need to take this formula again.
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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 31, 2026 Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 31, 2026
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Gardenia Six-Ingredient Powder,For epidemic diseases or typhoid fever where the condition persists after sweating and purgation induced by chicken-egg decoction.