The Prescription of Wutou Tang

The Prescription of Wutou Tang is also named 乌头汤, 烏頭湯

Source

The book Jin Gui Yao Lue

Ingredients

Explanation

Chuan Wu: Dispelling wind-damp, warming meridians to alleviate pain.

Ma Huang: Being pungent and bitter in flavor and warm in nature, facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi to relieve asthma.

Huang Qi: Invigorating Qi and tonifying the spleen and stomach.

Shao Yao: Replenishing Yin-blood.

Effect

Invigorate qi, warm the meridians and disperse cold, eliminate dampness and relieve arthralgia.

Indications

Arthralgia syndrome due to cold-damp.

Administration

Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken.