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Zengye Chengqi Decoction

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Zengye Chengqi Decoction,For Yangming warm diseases with insufficient body fluids, where the “water vessel” is stagnant and purgation fails to clear the bowels; for cases where intermittent administration of the Zengye Decoction still fails to induce a bowel movement.

Formulas Name : Zengye Chengqi Decoction

Chinese Name : 增液承气汤

Drug Formulation

Zengye Decoction: Rheum officinale 3 qian, sodium silicate 1 qian 5 fen.

Source

*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.

Benefits

For Yangming warm diseases with insufficient body fluids, where the “water vessel” is stagnant and purgation fails to clear the bowels; for cases where intermittent administration of the Zengye Decoction still fails to induce a bowel movement.

Instructions for Use

Boil the ingredients in 8 cups of water until reduced to 3 cups; take 1 cup first, and if no effect is observed, take another.

Zengye Chengqi Decoction,*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.,For Yangming warm diseases with insufficient body fluids, where the “water vessel” is stagnant and purgation fails to clear the bowels; for cases where intermittent administration of the Zengye Decoction still fails to induce a bowel movement.

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