Minor Pinellia Decoction，*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 18.，For chest fullness due to phlegm and fluid retention; vomiting, nausea, headache, and dizziness; shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing. For deficiency-cold in the heart and abdomen, with wandering phlegm rising upward, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to eat, vomiting, and a sensation of cold in the chest. For vomiting, nausea, headache, dizziness, arm pain, coldness in the back, restlessness, and excessive sleepiness. For phlegm congestion with thick, sticky sputum and coughing that persists for a long time.Weakness of the lungs and stomach, with a preference for sour and cold foods; accumulation of cold phlegm; vomiting and nausea; thick, sticky saliva; or persistent vomiting; inability to tolerate porridge or medicine; cold hands and feet; dizziness and heaviness of the body. It also treats cases of typhoid fever or seasonal epidemics where the patient feels the urge to vomit but cannot; confusion and mental agitation; or excessive alcohol consumption leading to internal cold and retained fluid, with a gurgling sound in the throat and incessant dry retching.For cases of fluid retention with shortness of breath and counterflow of qi, but without signs of heat.
Minor Pinellia Decoction
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Formulas Name : Minor Pinellia Decoction
Chinese Name : 小半夏汤
Drug Formulation
1 sheng of Pinellia, 1 jin of ginger, and 4 liang of tangerine peel (one formula uses 2 liang of ginseng).
Source
*Thousand Gold Prescriptions*, Volume 18.
Benefits
For chest fullness due to phlegm and fluid retention; vomiting, nausea, headache, and dizziness; shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing. For deficiency-cold in the heart and abdomen, with wandering phlegm rising upward, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to eat, vomiting, and a sensation of cold in the chest. For vomiting, nausea, headache, dizziness, arm pain, coldness in the back, restlessness, and excessive sleepiness. For phlegm congestion with thick, sticky sputum and coughing that persists for a long time.Weakness of the lungs and stomach, with a preference for sour and cold foods; accumulation of cold phlegm; vomiting and nausea; thick, sticky saliva; or persistent vomiting; inability to tolerate porridge or medicine; cold hands and feet; dizziness and heaviness of the body. It also treats cases of typhoid fever or seasonal epidemics where the patient feels the urge to vomit but cannot; confusion and mental agitation; or excessive alcohol consumption leading to internal cold and retained fluid, with a gurgling sound in the throat and incessant dry retching.For cases of fluid retention with shortness of breath and counterflow of qi, but without signs of heat.
Instructions for Use
Boil 1 dou of water until reduced to 3 sheng, then divide into 3 doses.
Note
It is particularly suitable for the frail and the elderly.
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Minor Pinellia Decoction,For chest fullness due to phlegm and fluid retention; vomiting, nausea, headache, and dizziness; shortness of breath, wheezing, and coughing. For deficiency-cold in the heart and abdomen, with wandering phlegm rising upward, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to eat, vomiting, and a sensation of cold in the chest. For vomiting, nausea, headache, dizziness, arm pain, coldness in the back, restlessness, and excessive sleepiness. For phlegm congestion with thick, sticky sputum and coughing that persists for a long time.Weakness of the lungs and stomach, with a preference for sour and cold foods; accumulation of cold phlegm; vomiting and nausea; thick, sticky saliva; or persistent vomiting; inability to tolerate porridge or medicine; cold hands and feet; dizziness and heaviness of the body. It also treats cases of typhoid fever or seasonal epidemics where the patient feels the urge to vomit but cannot; confusion and mental agitation; or excessive alcohol consumption leading to internal cold and retained fluid, with a gurgling sound in the throat and incessant dry retching.For cases of fluid retention with shortness of breath and counterflow of qi, but without signs of heat.