Rhubarb and Left Meridian Decoction

Rhubarb and Left Meridian Decoction,Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Foot Yangming Meridian, causing numbness and pain in the lower back and legs, difficulty walking, excessive salivation, drowsiness and mental confusion, constipation and difficulty passing urine, abdominal pain and vomiting, or alternating with diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, shortness of breath and chest fullness, or spontaneous sweating and delirium.

Formulas Name : Rhubarb and Left Meridian Decoction

Chinese Name : 大黄左经汤

Drug Formulation

Rhubarb (steamed), Asarum (stems removed), Poria, Stephania, Notopterygium, Scutellaria, Peucedanum, Fructus Aurantii (fried with wheat bran, pith removed), Magnolia Bark (peeled, chopped, processed with ginger, and fried), Licorice (roasted), Apricot Kernels (fried with wheat bran, skin and tip removed, ground separately).

Source

*San Yin*, Volume 3.

Processing

Coarsely grind the ingredients into a powder.

Benefits

Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Foot Yangming Meridian, causing numbness and pain in the lower back and legs, difficulty walking, excessive salivation, drowsiness and mental confusion, constipation and difficulty passing urine, abdominal pain and vomiting, or alternating with diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, shortness of breath and chest fullness, or spontaneous sweating and delirium.

Instructions for Use

Take 4 daqian per dose; add 1.5 zhan of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 1 jujube; decoct until reduced to 7 fen; strain; and take hot on an empty stomach.

Rhubarb and Left Meridian Decoction,*San Yin*, Volume 3.,Wind, cold, heat, and dampness flow through the Foot Yangming Meridian, causing numbness and pain in the lower back and legs, difficulty walking, excessive salivation, drowsiness and mental confusion, constipation and difficulty passing urine, abdominal pain and vomiting, or alternating with diarrhea, aversion to the smell of food, shortness of breath and chest fullness, or spontaneous sweating and delirium.

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