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Winter Sanhuang Decoction

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Winter Sanhuang Decoction,For Yangming warm disease with no sweating, where the excess pattern is not yet severe, purgation is contraindicated, and urination is difficult.

Formulas Name : Winter Sanhuang Decoction

Chinese Name : 冬地三黄汤

Drug Formulation

Ophiopogon tuber 8 qian, Coptis rhizome 1 qian, reed root juice half a wine cup (added after decoction), Scrophularia root 4 qian, Phellodendron bark 1 qian, Lonicera flower dew half a wine cup (added after decoction), Rehmannia root (raw) 4 qian, Scutellaria root 1 qian, raw licorice root 3 qian.

Source

*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.

Benefits

For Yangming warm disease with no sweating, where the excess pattern is not yet severe, purgation is contraindicated, and urination is difficult.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in 8 cups of water until reduced to 3 cups; take in 3 divided doses. Continue until urination becomes unimpeded.

Winter Sanhuang Decoction,*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.,For Yangming warm disease with no sweating, where the excess pattern is not yet severe, purgation is contraindicated, and urination is difficult.

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