Modified Shengxiao Powder，From *The Book of Sha* (Volume 2).，For cases of typhoid fever, epidemic diseases, and rheumatism resulting from a dual invasion of yin and yang, where the distinction between exterior and interior has not yet been established—whether characterized by external heat and internal cold, or external cold and internal heat—manifesting as stiffness and rigidity in the limbs and joints, pain in the head, neck, waist, and spine, fever with aversion to cold, vomiting, retching, wheezing, and coughing,nasal congestion and a hoarse voice; as well as symptoms arising from the consumption of raw or cold foods and beverages, which injure the epigastric region, causing fullness in the chest and diaphragm, distension and pain in the flanks and sides, a mass-like sensation beneath the heart, cold extremities, borborygmi and diarrhea, undigested food and water, and difficulty in urination.
Modified Shengxiao Powder
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Formulas Name : Modified Shengxiao Powder
Chinese Name : 加减圣效散
Drug Formulation
Poria (roasted) 8 qian, Amomum (roasted, ground) 8 qian,Areca nut 8 qian, dried tangerine peel 8 qian, Corydalis 8 qian, Magnolia bark 5 qian, Saposhnikovia root 5 qian, Atractylodes 5 qian, Ligusticum root 5 qian, Agastache leaf 5 qian, Bupleurum root 5 qian, Angelica root 5 qian, Acorus rhizome 5 qian, Alisma rhizome 5 qian, Trifoliate orange peel 5 qian, Asarum root 5 qian, Cardamom (shelled) 10 pieces.
Source
From *The Book of Sha* (Volume 2).
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.
Benefits
For cases of typhoid fever, epidemic diseases, and rheumatism resulting from a dual invasion of yin and yang, where the distinction between exterior and interior has not yet been established—whether characterized by external heat and internal cold, or external cold and internal heat—manifesting as stiffness and rigidity in the limbs and joints, pain in the head, neck, waist, and spine, fever with aversion to cold, vomiting, retching, wheezing, and coughing,nasal congestion and a hoarse voice; as well as symptoms arising from the consumption of raw or cold foods and beverages, which injure the epigastric region, causing fullness in the chest and diaphragm, distension and pain in the flanks and sides, a mass-like sensation beneath the heart, cold extremities, borborygmi and diarrhea, undigested food and water, and difficulty in urination.
Instructions for Use
Take 5 qian per dose, decoct in one and a half bowls of water until reduced to one bowl, strain, and drink while warm, regardless of the time of day. Recovery occurs once a light sweat breaks out over the entire body. When the seasonal energies are out of balance, drinking this on an empty stomach can ward off pathogenic influences and epidemics.
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Modified Shengxiao Powder,For cases of typhoid fever, epidemic diseases, and rheumatism resulting from a dual invasion of yin and yang, where the distinction between exterior and interior has not yet been established—whether characterized by external heat and internal cold, or external cold and internal heat—manifesting as stiffness and rigidity in the limbs and joints, pain in the head, neck, waist, and spine, fever with aversion to cold, vomiting, retching, wheezing, and coughing,nasal congestion and a hoarse voice; as well as symptoms arising from the consumption of raw or cold foods and beverages, which injure the epigastric region, causing fullness in the chest and diaphragm, distension and pain in the flanks and sides, a mass-like sensation beneath the heart, cold extremities, borborygmi and diarrhea, undigested food and water, and difficulty in urination.