丁香柿蒂湯

Name

Cloves and Kaki Calyx Decoction

The Prescription of 丁香柿蒂湯

Source

The book Zheng Yin Mai Zhi

Ingredients

• Ding Xiang (Flos Caryophylli) 6 g,
• Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) 6 g,
• Shi Di (Calyx Kaki) 9 g,
• Ren Shen (Radix Ginseng) 3 g.

Explanation

Ding Xiang: Warming the stomach, dispelling pathogenic cold, checking the upward adverse flow of Qi, and arresting hiccup.

Shi Di: Checking the upward adverse flow of Qi, arresting hiccup.

Ren Shen: Invigorating Qi, strengthening the body resistance.

Sheng Jiang: Warming the stomach, checking the upward adverse flow of Qi.

The Effect of 丁香柿蒂湯

Effect

Warming the stomach, invigorating Qi, checking the upward adverse flow of Qi, arresting hiccup.

Indications

Syndrome due to deficiency-cold of the stomach-Qi, marked by incessant hiccup, fullness in the chest, and slow pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as phrenospasm and nervous hiccup.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.