Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction

Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction,Damp-type cholera. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, scanty urine, a pulse that is mostly string-like and sluggish or deep and slow, and a white, slippery tongue coating. It also treats damp diarrhea characterized by mild abdominal pain, loose stools, pale yellow urine, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, chest fullness and limp limbs, heaviness of the body and mental fatigue, a slow and sluggish pulse on the right side, and a white, slippery, and greasy tongue coating.

Formulas Name : Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction

Chinese Name : 藿朴胃苓汤

Drug Formulation

3 qian of Agastache stem, 1 qian of genuine Sichuan magnolia bark, 8 fen of Atractylodes lancea, 1.5 qian of stir-fried Guangdong tangerine peel, 5 fen of roasted licorice, 1.5 qian of sun-dried Atractylodes, 3 qian of Zhejiang Poria, 1.5 qian of Poria cocos, 1.5 qian of Jian Alisma, and 5 fen of Cinnamomum cassia.

Source

Adapted from Mr. Fan Kaizhou’s empirical formula in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Heat Epidemics*.

Benefits

Damp-type cholera. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, scanty urine, a pulse that is mostly string-like and sluggish or deep and slow, and a white, slippery tongue coating. It also treats damp diarrhea characterized by mild abdominal pain, loose stools, pale yellow urine, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, chest fullness and limp limbs, heaviness of the body and mental fatigue, a slow and sluggish pulse on the right side, and a white, slippery, and greasy tongue coating.

Huoxiang-Pupu-Weiling Decoction,Adapted from Mr. Fan Kaizhou’s empirical formula in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Heat Epidemics*.,Damp-type cholera. Symptoms include vomiting and diarrhea, chest fullness and abdominal pain, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, scanty urine, a pulse that is mostly string-like and sluggish or deep and slow, and a white, slippery tongue coating. It also treats damp diarrhea characterized by mild abdominal pain, loose stools, pale yellow urine, a greasy sensation in the mouth without thirst, chest fullness and limp limbs, heaviness of the body and mental fatigue, a slow and sluggish pulse on the right side, and a white, slippery, and greasy tongue coating.

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