Rooster Soup

Rooster Soup,In the third month of pregnancy, if the patient experiences chills, green stools, fever, difficulty urinating, urine that is either not red or yellow, sudden fright, anxiety, or anger—leading to sudden collapse—these conditions affect the meridians, causing abdominal distension and severe pain around the navel, or pain in the lower back, followed by sudden discharge.

Formulas Name : Rooster Soup

Chinese Name : 雄鸡汤

Drug Formulation

1 rooster (prepared as described in the dietary method), 2 liang of licorice, 2 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of poria, 2 liang of donkey-hide gelatin, 1 liang of scutellaria, 1 liang of white atractylodes, 5 he of ophiopogon, 4 liang of peony, 12 jujubes (split open), and 1 liang of ginger (one variant uses 2 liang of angelica and 2 liang of ligusticum, omitting scutellaria and ginger).

Source

*Qianjin*, Volume 2.

Benefits

In the third month of pregnancy, if the patient experiences chills, green stools, fever, difficulty urinating, urine that is either not red or yellow, sudden fright, anxiety, or anger—leading to sudden collapse—these conditions affect the meridians, causing abdominal distension and severe pain around the navel, or pain in the lower back, followed by sudden discharge.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely chop the ingredients. Boil with 1 dou 5 sheng of water until the volume is reduced by half; remove the chicken and add the herbs. Boil until the volume is reduced by half again, then add 3 sheng of clear wine and gelatin, and simmer until reduced to 3 sheng. Divide into 3 doses and consume within one day. Keep warm and rest in bed.

Note

Avoid seaweed, Chinese cabbage, pickled foods, peaches, plums, and sparrow meat.

Rooster Soup,*Qianjin*, Volume 2.,In the third month of pregnancy, if the patient experiences chills, green stools, fever, difficulty urinating, urine that is either not red or yellow, sudden fright, anxiety, or anger—leading to sudden collapse—these conditions affect the meridians, causing abdominal distension and severe pain around the navel, or pain in the lower back, followed by sudden discharge.

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