Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction，*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.，Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; the limbs are thin and weak; only the abdomen is distended, as large as an overturned basket; the abdominal skin is bluish-black, taut, glossy, and taut; the tendons are exposed like a net; the tongue is pale and glossy like a mirror; the pulse is string-like, fine, and constricted.
Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction
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Formulas Name : Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction
Chinese Name : 新订大黄(庶虫)虫汤
Drug Formulation
Wine-processed rhubarb, single peach kernels, wine-fried angelica root, sweet cinnamon bark, small green peel, golden bell seeds, wine-fried (Shuchong) worms, roasted dry lacquer, wine-fried pangolin scales, small trichosanthes fruit, hawthorn pulp, and Corydalis.
Source
*Guide to the Diagnosis and Treatment of Black-Heat Diseases*.
Benefits
Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; the limbs are thin and weak; only the abdomen is distended, as large as an overturned basket; the abdominal skin is bluish-black, taut, glossy, and taut; the tendons are exposed like a net; the tongue is pale and glossy like a mirror; the pulse is string-like, fine, and constricted.
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Newly Revised Rhubarb (Shuchong) Decoction,Black-Heat Disease. The skin is jet-black; the eye sockets are sunken and bluish; the area around the lips is dark and dull; the neck is long and thin; the neck veins pulsate; the limbs are thin and weak; only the abdomen is distended, as large as an overturned basket; the abdominal skin is bluish-black, taut, glossy, and taut; the tendons are exposed like a net; the tongue is pale and glossy like a mirror; the pulse is string-like, fine, and constricted.