Shengming Decoction，*San Yin*, Volume 5.，In the years of the Tiger and Monkey, when the Shao Yang Ministerial Fire governs the heavens and the Jue Yin Wind-Wood governs the underworld, qi stagnation transforms into heat, causing blood to overflow, resulting in red eyes, coughing and retching, headache, fullness in the flanks, vomiting, chest and epigastric discomfort, deafness, blurred vision, thirst, heaviness of the body, heart pain, failure of yang qi to be stored, and sores accompanied by restlessness.
Shengming Decoction
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Formulas Name : Shengming Decoction
Chinese Name : 升明汤
Drug Formulation
Half a liang of sandalwood, half a liang of plantain seed (roasted), half a liang of green tangerine peel, half a liang of pinellia (washed in hot water), half a liang of sour jujube seed, half a liang of rosehip, half a liang of fresh ginger, and half a liang of licorice (roasted).
Source
*San Yin*, Volume 5.
Processing
Coarsely grind the ingredients into a powder.
Benefits
In the years of the Tiger and Monkey, when the Shao Yang Ministerial Fire governs the heavens and the Jue Yin Wind-Wood governs the underworld, qi stagnation transforms into heat, causing blood to overflow, resulting in red eyes, coughing and retching, headache, fullness in the flanks, vomiting, chest and epigastric discomfort, deafness, blurred vision, thirst, heaviness of the body, heart pain, failure of yang qi to be stored, and sores accompanied by restlessness.
Instructions for Use
Take 4 qian per dose, boil in one and a half water bowls of water until reduced to seven-tenths, strain out the residue, and take before meals.
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Shengming Decoction,In the years of the Tiger and Monkey, when the Shao Yang Ministerial Fire governs the heavens and the Jue Yin Wind-Wood governs the underworld, qi stagnation transforms into heat, causing blood to overflow, resulting in red eyes, coughing and retching, headache, fullness in the flanks, vomiting, chest and epigastric discomfort, deafness, blurred vision, thirst, heaviness of the body, heart pain, failure of yang qi to be stored, and sores accompanied by restlessness.