葛根汤
葛根汤 is also named The Prescription of Gegen Tang, Puerariae Decoction
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
- Ge Gen 12 g,
- Ma Huang 9 g,
- Gui Zhi 6 g,
- Sheng Jiang 9 g,
- Zhi Gan Cao 6 g,
- Shao Yao 6 g,
- Da Zao 12 dates.
Explanation
Ge Gen: The principal drug, being sweet and pungent in flavor and cold in nature, removing pathogenic heat from the exterior, ascending the Qi of the spleen and stomach to treat diarrhea.
Gan Cao: Regulating the Qi of the middle-Jiao and tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Shao Yao: Regulating the nutrient system, dispelling pathogenic heat.
Sheng Jiang and Da Zao: Tempering the stomach and spleen.
Ma Huang and Gui Zhi: Relieving superficies syndrome by means of diaphoresis.
Effect
Relieve exterior syndrome by means of diaphoresis, remove toxicity, relax the tendons and temper the stomach and spleen.
Indications
Cold, flu, measles and joint pain.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.