Pepper and Cinnamon Decoction，*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.，Hernia caused by sudden exposure to cold and dampness, characterized by alternating chills and fever, a taut and rapid pulse, a white and slippery tongue (or no coating and no thirst), and pain around the navel or under the ribs.
Pepper and Cinnamon Decoction
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Formulas Name : Pepper and Cinnamon Decoction
Chinese Name : 椒桂汤
Drug Formulation
Sichuan pepper (stir-fried until black) 6 qian, Cinnamomum twig 6 qian, Alpinia officinarum 3 qian, Bupleurum 6 qian, Fennel 4 qian, Guangpi 3 qian, Evodia (soaked until slightly softened) 4 qian, Qingpi 3 qian.
Source
*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 3.
Benefits
Hernia caused by sudden exposure to cold and dampness, characterized by alternating chills and fever, a taut and rapid pulse, a white and slippery tongue (or no coating and no thirst), and pain around the navel or under the ribs.
Instructions for Use
Boil the above ingredients in 8 bowls of rapidly flowing water until reduced to 3 bowls. Take 1 bowl while warm, cover with a blanket to induce a light sweat—this is ideal; if no sweat occurs, take the second bowl, followed by ginger soup to promote sweating; once a sweat is achieved, take the third bowl the next morning without covering with a blanket to induce further sweating.
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Pepper and Cinnamon Decoction,Hernia caused by sudden exposure to cold and dampness, characterized by alternating chills and fever, a taut and rapid pulse, a white and slippery tongue (or no coating and no thirst), and pain around the navel or under the ribs.