Xiangxiong Decoction，From *Essentials of Treating Cold Damage*, Volume 1.，For patients with stroke whose pulses in both hands are floating and slow, or for those with cold damage characterized by an excess of yin, where the cun pulse is weak and the chi pulse is strong, and who are averse to wind but do not sweat spontaneously.
Xiangxiong Decoction
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Formulas Name : Xiangxiong Decoction
Chinese Name : 香芎汤
Drug Formulation
1 fen of Chuanxiong, 2 liang of gypsum, 3 fen of Shengma, half a liang of licorice, and half a liang of Houpo.
Source
From *Essentials of Treating Cold Damage*, Volume 1.
Processing
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder.
Benefits
For patients with stroke whose pulses in both hands are floating and slow, or for those with cold damage characterized by an excess of yin, where the cun pulse is weak and the chi pulse is strong, and who are averse to wind but do not sweat spontaneously.
Instructions for Use
Take 3 qian per dose; decoct in 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen; strain and take while warm. Use from after the Grain in Ear solar term until before the Beginning of Autumn solar term.
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Xiangxiong Decoction,For patients with stroke whose pulses in both hands are floating and slow, or for those with cold damage characterized by an excess of yin, where the cun pulse is weak and the chi pulse is strong, and who are averse to wind but do not sweat spontaneously.