Single-Ingredient Dioscorea Decoction

Single-Ingredient Dioscorea Decoction,For consumptive fever, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, or loose stools resulting from difficulty urinating, as well as all conditions involving deficiency of the Yin.

Formulas Name : Single-Ingredient Dioscorea Decoction

Chinese Name : 一味薯蓣饮

Drug Formulation

4 liang of raw Huai yam (sliced).

Source

*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.

Benefits

For consumptive fever, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, or loose stools resulting from difficulty urinating, as well as all conditions involving deficiency of the Yin.

Instructions for Use

Boil the above herb to yield 2 large bowls of decoction; use it as tea, sipping it slowly while warm.

Single-Ingredient Dioscorea Decoction,*Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For consumptive fever, accompanied by wheezing, coughing, spontaneous sweating, palpitations, or loose stools resulting from difficulty urinating, as well as all conditions involving deficiency of the Yin.

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