調胃承氣湯
調胃承氣湯 is also named 调胃承气汤, The Prescription of Tiaowei Chengqi Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Explanation
Da Huang: the principal drug, being bitter in flavor and cold in nature, purging fire and relaxing the bowels.
Mang Xiao: Softening hardness and moisten dryness.
Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach.
Effect
Relax the bowels and heat accumulation.
Indications
Sore throat, sores and boils, constipation with thrist, rapid and smooth pulse, yellow coating on the tongue, abdominal distension, diabetes, hematemesis, nose bleeding, dry heat in the stomach and intestines.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated in case of constipation due to deficiency-cold.