The Prescription of Yanghe Tang
Name
Yang-activating Decoction
Source
The book Wai Ke Quan Sheng Ji
Ingredients
- Shu Di (Radix Rehmanniae Preparata) 30 g,
- Rou Gui (Cortex Cinnamomi) 3 g,
- Ma Huang (Herba Ephedrae) 2 g,
- Lu Jiao Jiao (Colla Cornus Cervi) 9 g,
- Bai Jie Zi (Semen Sinapis Albae) 6 g,
- Pao Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Preparata) 2 g,
- Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 3 g.
Explanation
Shu Di: The principal drug, being sweet in flavor and slightly warm in nature, tonifying Ying and nourishing blood.
Lu Jiao Jiao: Replenishing essence, supplementing marrow, strengthening the muscles and tendons, helping Shu Di to nourish blood.
Pao Jiang and Rou Gui: Warming the channels to promote the flow of Qi and dispel cold.
Ma Huang: Inducing diaphoresis to expel pathogenic factors in the superficies of the body.
Bai Jie Zi: Removing obstructed phlegm.
Gan Cao: Clearing away toxins and tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Effect
Warming up Yang, enriching blood, spelling cold and removing stagnancy.
Indications
Yin-phlegmon resulting from cold-stasis due to Yang deficiency, marked by painful diffuse swelling without pus spot and burning sensation and with normal color of the skin, no thirst, pale tongue with whitish coating, and deep thready pulse including such diseases with the above symptoms and signs as bone tuberculosis, chronic osteomyelitis, rheumatoid arthritis and thromboangiitis obliterans.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.