The Prescription of Guizhi Jia Dahuang Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Explanation
Gui Zhi: Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin by means of diaphoresis, warming the channels to expel pathogenic cold.
Bai Shao: Nourishing the liver to relieve pain.
Sheng Jiang: Being pungent in taste and warm in nature, dispersing accumulation of pathogens, regulating the stomach to arrest vomiting.
Da Zao: Invigorating the spleen-Qi, relieving the liver depression, treating deficiency of the heart.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Da Huang: Relaxing the bowels to sweep away the stagnancy of food or other pathogenic factors.
Effect
Relieve exterior syndrome, eliminate accumulation, promote diuresis and relieve arthralgia.
Administration
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken three times a day.