芍药汤

Name

Peony Decoction

Source

The book Yi Xue Liu Shu

Ingredients

• Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae) 15 g,
• Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 9 g,
• Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) 9 g,
• Bing Lang (Semen Arecae) 5 g,
• Mu Xiang (Radix Aucklandiae) 5 g,
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 5 g,
• Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) 9 g,
• Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 9 g,
• Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 3 g.

Explanation

Bai Shao: The principal drug, being bitter and sour in flavor and slightly cold in nature, regulating Ying and blood, treating dysentery and relieving pain.

Huang Lian, Huang Qin and Da Huang: Removing heat and toxic material.

Dang Gui and Rou Gui: Regulating Ying and promoting the circulation of blood.

Mu Xiang and Bing Lang: Resolving stasis and regulating Qi.

Gan Cao: Removing heat and toxic material, coordinating the actions of all the other ingredients, getting together with Bai Shao to relieve spasm and pain.

Effect

Regulating Qi and blood, removing heat and toxic material.

Indications

Syndrome due to damp-heat accumulated in the intestines and leading to stagnation of Qi, marked by abdominal pain, pus and blood stools, rectal tenesmus, calor of anus, scanty dark urine, yellowish greasy tongue coating, and slippery rapid pulse, including such diseases with the above symptoms as bacillary dysentery, amebic dysentery, allergic enteritis and acute enteritis.

Administration

Decocted in water foe oral dose to be taken twice (Taken originally in the form of powder)