Second Formula: True Yellow Wind Decoction，From *Thirteen Essays on Medicine*, Volume 1.，For the initial stage of genuine stroke, after taking the First Genuine Huangfeng Decoction; when the exterior symptoms of the Six Meridians have resolved but the interior symptoms persist—manifesting as obstruction or discoloration of urination and defecation, confusion, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, or hemiplegia—with a tongue coating that may be white and slippery, yellow and thick, or dark and black, and the chest feeling either comfortable or uncomfortable, and the patient able to eat or unable to eat.
Second Formula: True Yellow Wind Decoction
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Formulas Name : Second Formula: True Yellow Wind Decoction
Chinese Name : 第二真黄风汤
Drug Formulation
3 qian of roasted Astragalus, 5 qian of Saposhnikovia root, 3 qian of Poria cocos, 1.5 qian of processed Pinellia, 0.5 fen of roasted licorice, 1 qian of Citrus reticulata peel, 3 qian of Angelica sinensis root, 1.5 qian of ginseng, 1.5 qian of white peony root (stir-fried with cinnamon water), 3 qian of Asarum, and 0.5 fen of Ziziphus jujuba fruit (fried with wheat bran).
Source
From *Thirteen Essays on Medicine*, Volume 1.
Benefits
For the initial stage of genuine stroke, after taking the First Genuine Huangfeng Decoction; when the exterior symptoms of the Six Meridians have resolved but the interior symptoms persist—manifesting as obstruction or discoloration of urination and defecation, confusion, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, or hemiplegia—with a tongue coating that may be white and slippery, yellow and thick, or dark and black, and the chest feeling either comfortable or uncomfortable, and the patient able to eat or unable to eat.
Instructions for Use
Decoct with a continuous stream of water and take orally.
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Second Formula: True Yellow Wind Decoction,For the initial stage of genuine stroke, after taking the First Genuine Huangfeng Decoction; when the exterior symptoms of the Six Meridians have resolved but the interior symptoms persist—manifesting as obstruction or discoloration of urination and defecation, confusion, slurred speech, deviation of the mouth and eyes, or hemiplegia—with a tongue coating that may be white and slippery, yellow and thick, or dark and black, and the chest feeling either comfortable or uncomfortable, and the patient able to eat or unable to eat.