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Zelanzi Decoction

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Zelanzi Decoction,Symptoms include abdominal pain with cramping, spasmodic pain in both flanks, chronic cough, alternating chills and fever in the limbs, reddish-yellow urine, drowsiness after drinking alcohol, chronic diarrhea with dilated blood vessels, numbness due to blood stasis, nocturnal emissions upon waking, dry lips and mouth, and sudden shortness of breath.

Formulas Name : Zelanzi Decoction

Chinese Name : 泽兰子汤

Drug Formulation

1 sheng of Ze Lan seeds, 1 sheng of Pinellia (washed), 1 sheng of hemp seeds, 20 jujubes (split), 1 jin of sugar, 2 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of Poria, 2 liang of Asarum, 1 liang of Polygala (core removed), 1 liang of Cinnamon bark, 1 liang of dragon bone, 1 liang of licorice (roasted).

Source

*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.

Benefits

Symptoms include abdominal pain with cramping, spasmodic pain in both flanks, chronic cough, alternating chills and fever in the limbs, reddish-yellow urine, drowsiness after drinking alcohol, chronic diarrhea with dilated blood vessels, numbness due to blood stasis, nocturnal emissions upon waking, dry lips and mouth, and sudden shortness of breath.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients. Boil in 1 dou 2 sheng of water until reduced to 4 sheng; divide into 4 doses, taking three during the day and one at night.

Zelanzi Decoction,*Qianjin Yi*, Volume 19.,Symptoms include abdominal pain with cramping, spasmodic pain in both flanks, chronic cough, alternating chills and fever in the limbs, reddish-yellow urine, drowsiness after drinking alcohol, chronic diarrhea with dilated blood vessels, numbness due to blood stasis, nocturnal emissions upon waking, dry lips and mouth, and sudden shortness of breath.

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