Xingfu Dingyun Decoction，From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.，When wind-pathogen and phlegm-fluid are latent in the Three Yang meridians, whenever one fails to rest properly, catches a cold, or has an irregular diet, symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest, and even vertigo with violent retching—as if the room were spinning and collapsing—may occur.
Xingfu Dingyun Decoction
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Formulas Name : Xingfu Dingyun Decoction
Chinese Name : 星附定晕汤
Drug Formulation
Large Tiannanxing 1 liang (split into two pieces; half processed, half raw), Aconite Root 1 piece, Tianxiong 1 piece (cut into two pieces; half raw, half processed), Chuanxiong (half raw, half stir-fried) half liang, Juhong (half raw, half stir-fried) half liang, Sichuan Angelica (half liang, root end removed), Cloves 49 pieces (half raw, half lightly stir-fried),30 pieces of Pinellia (large, round ones; half ground into cakes with ginger juice, half boiled briefly in white alum solution), 14 pieces of White Aconite (half raw, half soaked), 20 scorpion tails (half raw, half stir-fried), and 10 cun of Licorice (half raw, half roasted).
Source
From *Wei’s Family Prescriptions*, Volume 1.
Benefits
When wind-pathogen and phlegm-fluid are latent in the Three Yang meridians, whenever one fails to rest properly, catches a cold, or has an irregular diet, symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest, and even vertigo with violent retching—as if the room were spinning and collapsing—may occur.
Instructions for Use
Coarsely crush the ingredients. For each dose, take 3 daqian of the mixture, 10 slices of fresh ginger, 1 jujube, and 1.5 zhan of water; decoct until reduced to 7 fen, then strain out the residue. Take as needed.
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Xingfu Dingyun Decoction,When wind-pathogen and phlegm-fluid are latent in the Three Yang meridians, whenever one fails to rest properly, catches a cold, or has an irregular diet, symptoms such as dizziness, vomiting, fullness and oppression in the chest, and even vertigo with violent retching—as if the room were spinning and collapsing—may occur.