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Ginseng, Angelica, Soft-Shelled Turtle, and Schisandra Decoction

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Ginseng, Angelica, Soft-Shelled Turtle, and Schisandra Decoction,Chronic malaria, with a mass in the abdomen or flanks forming a “malaria mother.”

Formulas Name : Ginseng, Angelica, Soft-Shelled Turtle, and Schisandra Decoction

Chinese Name : 参归鳖申汤

Drug Formulation

Ginseng 5 fen, Green Tangerine Peel (pith removed) 8 fen, Astragalus (stir-fried with honey water) 8 fen, Soft-shelled Turtle Carapace (roasted with vinegar) 8 fen, Angelica (washed with wine) 8 fen,Poria 0.8 fen, Atractylodes macrocephala (root stalk removed) 0.8 fen, Magnolia officinalis (stir-fried with ginger juice) 0.8 fen, Cyperus rotundus 0.8 fen, Ligusticum chuanxiong 0.8 fen, Amomum villosum 0.5 fen, Crataegus pinnatifida (seeds removed) 0.5 fen, Fructus Aurantii (stir-fried with wheat bran) 0.5 fen, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 0.3 fen.

Source

*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.

Processing

Coarsely grind the above ingredients into one dose. Add 1 slice of fresh ginger, 2 jujubes, and 1 black plum; decoct in water and take warm before meals. If preparing as pills, dissolve asafoetida in vinegar, mix with the powdered ingredients, then add a small amount of water and vinegar to form a paste, and roll into pills the size of a tung seed.

Benefits

Chronic malaria, with a mass in the abdomen or flanks forming a “malaria mother.”

Instructions for Use

Take 30 pills at a time, swallowed with rice water on an empty stomach.

Ginseng, Angelica, Soft-Shelled Turtle, and Schisandra Decoction,*Hui Chun*, Volume 3.,Chronic malaria, with a mass in the abdomen or flanks forming a “malaria mother.”

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