乌头汤
乌头汤 is also named The Prescription of Wutou Tang, 烏頭湯
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
Explanation
Chuan Wu: Dispelling wind-damp, warming meridians to alleviate pain.
Ma Huang: Being pungent and bitter in flavor and warm in nature, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to relieve asthma.
Huang Qi: Invigorating Qi and tonifying the spleen and stomach.
Shao Yao: Replenishing Yin-blood.
Effect
Invigorate qi, warm the meridians and disperse cold, eliminate dampness and relieve arthralgia.
Indications
Arthralgia syndrome due to cold-damp.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken.