Modified Bai Tou Weng Decoction

Modified Bai Tou Weng Decoction,For heat-type dysentery with severe tenesmus and abdominal pain, as well as for those with a history of opium addiction who have developed dysentery. Also for cases of chronic dysentery with intestinal necrosis.

Formulas Name : Modified Bai Tou Weng Decoction

Chinese Name : 通变白头翁汤

Drug Formulation

1 liang of raw Chinese yam, 4 qian of white headwort, 3 qian of qinpi, 3 qian of raw Chinese knotweed, 4 qian of raw Hangzhou peony root, 2 qian of licorice, 3 qian of dried notoginseng (finely ground), and 60 duck eggs (shells removed; select only the fully developed ones).

Source

*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 3.

Benefits

For heat-type dysentery with severe tenesmus and abdominal pain, as well as for those with a history of opium addiction who have developed dysentery. Also for cases of chronic dysentery with intestinal necrosis.

Instructions for Use

First, take half of the herbs—including Panax notoginseng and duck eggs—with white cane sugar water. After one and a half hours, decoct the remaining herbs and drink the decoction. The remaining half should be taken in the same manner during the second decoction.

Modified Bai Tou Weng Decoction,*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 3.,For heat-type dysentery with severe tenesmus and abdominal pain, as well as for those with a history of opium addiction who have developed dysentery. Also for cases of chronic dysentery with intestinal necrosis.

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