Wood Fragrance and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

Wood Fragrance and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction,For consumptive disorders with alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, fatigue in the limbs, restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest, and dull, lackluster skin.

Formulas Name : Wood Fragrance and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction

Chinese Name : 木香鳖甲汤

Drug Formulation

1 fen of Wood Fragrance; 1 liang of Turtle Carapace (9-ribbed, with edges trimmed, stir-fried in vinegar until yellow); 1 liang of Bupleurum (stems removed); 3 fen of Gentiana (stems and soil removed); 1 liang of Astragalus; 3 fen of Anemarrhena (baked); 3 fen of Poria (black skin removed); 1 liang of Ginseng; 3 liang of Platycodon (stir-fried);Atractylodes macrocephala 1 liang, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (roasted) 1 liang, Saposhnikovia divaricata (with forks removed) 3 fen, Myristica fragrans (shell removed) 1 fen, Pinellia ternata half a liang (simmered with 3 liang of ginger until the liquid is completely reduced, then baked), Citrus aurantium peel 3 fen (pith removed, stir-fried with wheat bran), Paeonia lactiflora 3 fen.

Source

*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.

Processing

Finely chop all ingredients until they are about the size of a sesame seed.

Benefits

For consumptive disorders with alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, fatigue in the limbs, restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest, and dull, lackluster skin.

Instructions for Use

Take half a liang per dose, add 1 fen of ginger (finely chopped) and 3 jujubes, boil with 3 zhan of water until reduced to 2 zhan, strain, and divide into two warm doses—one in the morning and one in the evening.

Wood Fragrance and Soft-Shelled Turtle Carapace Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 88.,For consumptive disorders with alternating chills and fever, loss of appetite, sores in the mouth and on the tongue, fatigue in the limbs, restlessness in the palms, soles, and chest, and dull, lackluster skin.

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