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Pepper and Aconite Powder

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Pepper and Aconite Powder,Cold hernia. Pain in the chest and abdomen as if being stabbed; inability to eat or drink; spontaneous sweating; near loss of consciousness.

Formulas Name : Pepper and Aconite Powder

Chinese Name : 椒附散

Drug Formulation

Half a liang of Sichuan pepper (remove the seeds and any closed pods; lightly roast to remove the oil), 1 liang of aconite root (roasted until cracked; remove the skin and pith), 1 liang of areca nut, half a liang of dried ginger (roasted until cracked; coarsely chopped), 1 liang of white atractylodes, and 1 liang of green tangerine peel (soaked in boiling water; remove the white pith; baked).

Source

*Shenghui*, Volume 48.

Processing

Grind the above ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

Cold hernia. Pain in the chest and abdomen as if being stabbed; inability to eat or drink; spontaneous sweating; near loss of consciousness.

Instructions for Use

Take 3 qian per dose; add half a piece of fresh ginger and 3 jujubes to one medium bowl of water, decoct until reduced to 6 fen, strain, and drink while still slightly warm; take at any time.

Pepper and Aconite Powder,*Shenghui*, Volume 48.,Cold hernia. Pain in the chest and abdomen as if being stabbed; inability to eat or drink; spontaneous sweating; near loss of consciousness.

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