增损逍遥散

Source

The book Guo Huan Zhang Fang

Ingredients

Explanation

Chai Hu: Release exterior, soothe the liver and release liver depression, ascend yang qi.

Dang Gui: Tonify blood and activate blood, alleviate pain

Chen Pi: Promote the circulation of qi, strengthen the stomach.

Bai Shao: Tonify blood, astringe yin to check sweating, emolliate liver to alleviate pain, calm and suppress liver yang.

Gui Zhi: Release exterior, warm and unblock the meridians, warm and reinforce the yang qi.

Ban Xia: Dry dampness and resolve phlegm, check adverse rise of qi.

Qiang Huo: Release exterior and disperse cold, expel wind-damp and alleviate pain.

Qin Jiao: Dispel wind-damp, unblock collaterals to alleviate pain.

Fu Pian: Reinforce fire and strengthen yang, dispel cold to alleviate pain.

Bai Jie Zi: Warm the lung and dispel phlegm, promote qi flow and dissipate nodulation, resolve swelling and alleviate pain.

Fu Ling: Induce diuresis and drain dampness, invigorate spleen.

Effect

Soothe the liver, harmonize the spleen, dispel wind-cold.

Indications

Shoulder pain caused by wind-cold.

Administration

All the drugs are decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice after meal.