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Xiangfu-Xuanfu Flower Decoction

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Xiangfu-Xuanfu Flower Decoction,For latent summer heat or damp-heat causing flank pain, with or without cough, no chills, but only tidal fevers, or alternating chills and fever resembling malaria.

Formulas Name : Xiangfu-Xuanfu Flower Decoction

Chinese Name : 香附旋复花汤

Drug Formulation

Raw Xiangfu 3 qian, Xuanfu Hua 3 qian (wrapped in silk), Perilla Seed Powder 3 qian, Guangpi 2 qian, Banxia 5 qian, Poria Slices 3 qian, Coix Seed 5 qian.

Source

*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 3.

Benefits

For latent summer heat or damp-heat causing flank pain, with or without cough, no chills, but only tidal fevers, or alternating chills and fever resembling malaria.

Instructions for Use

Add 8 cups of water to the ingredients, boil until reduced to 3 cups, and take in 3 divided doses while warm.

Xiangfu-Xuanfu Flower Decoction,*Treatise on the Differentiation of Warm Diseases*, Volume 3.,For latent summer heat or damp-heat causing flank pain, with or without cough, no chills, but only tidal fevers, or alternating chills and fever resembling malaria.

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