Wind-Calming Cake

Wind-Calming Cake,For wind invading the Yang meridians, pathogenic factors damaging the skin pores, stiffness and rigidity of the back and spine, deviation of the mouth and eyes, body heat with aversion to cold; phlegm-induced syncope with headache, twitching of the flesh and trembling of the tendons, nasal discharge; as well as excessive consumption of alcohol or beverages, vomiting of saliva and froth, dizziness of the head and eyes, as if riding in a carriage or on a boat.

Formulas Name : Wind-Calming Cake

Chinese Name : 定风饼子

Drug Formulation

Tianma, Chuanwu (with skin and tip removed), Nansheng, Banxia, Chuanjiang, Chuanxiong, Bai Fuling, and Licorice—each in equal parts (all raw).

Source

*Ben Shi*, Volume 1.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder; mix with fresh ginger juice to form pills the size of a longan, shape them into cakes, and coat them with raw cinnabar.

Benefits

For wind invading the Yang meridians, pathogenic factors damaging the skin pores, stiffness and rigidity of the back and spine, deviation of the mouth and eyes, body heat with aversion to cold; phlegm-induced syncope with headache, twitching of the flesh and trembling of the tendons, nasal discharge; as well as excessive consumption of alcohol or beverages, vomiting of saliva and froth, dizziness of the head and eyes, as if riding in a carriage or on a boat.

Instructions for Use

Take one cake per dose, chew it thoroughly, and swallow it with hot ginger tea; take as needed, regardless of the time of day.

Wind-Calming Cake,*Ben Shi*, Volume 1.,For wind invading the Yang meridians, pathogenic factors damaging the skin pores, stiffness and rigidity of the back and spine, deviation of the mouth and eyes, body heat with aversion to cold; phlegm-induced syncope with headache, twitching of the flesh and trembling of the tendons, nasal discharge; as well as excessive consumption of alcohol or beverages, vomiting of saliva and froth, dizziness of the head and eyes, as if riding in a carriage or on a boat.

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