Yang-Elevating Chaihu Decoction

Yang-Elevating Chaihu Decoction,For blue-white corneal opacities, whether straight or oblique.

Formulas Name : Yang-Elevating Chaihu Decoction

Chinese Name : 升阳柴胡汤

Drug Formulation

Cinnamon Bark 5 fen, Bupleurum (without stems) 1 qian 5 fen, Anemarrhena (wine-fried; if large, increase to 5 qian) 1 qian, Fangfeng 1 qian, Poria 1 qian, Alisma 1 qian, Dried Tangerine Peel 1 qian, Raw Rehmannia (wine-fried) 5 qian,Paper Mulberry Fruit (wine-fried until slightly moist) 5 qian, Astragalus 5 qian, Ginseng 5 qian, Atractylodes 5 qian, Licorice Tips 1 liang, Angelica Root 1 liang, Notopterygium 1 liang, Prepared Rehmannia 1 liang, Dehuo 1 liang, White Peony Root 1 liang.

Source

From *The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.

Processing

Coarsely chop the ingredients.

Benefits

For blue-white corneal opacities, whether straight or oblique.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 qian per dose; boil with 2 zhan of water until reduced to 1 zhan; strain out the residue; take while slightly warm, well after a meal. Separately, mix the ingredients into a paste, roll into pills with refined honey, each the size of a Paulownia seed; take 50 pills per dose, washed down with clear tea. Take one dose of this formula and one dose of the previous formula daily, well after a meal; do not take on a full stomach.

Yang-Elevating Chaihu Decoction,From *The Secret Treasury of the Orchid Chamber*, Volume 1.,For blue-white corneal opacities, whether straight or oblique.

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