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白通湯

The Prescription of 白通湯

Source

The book Shang Han Lun

Ingredients

Explanation

Cong Bai: Dispelling wind-cold, and invigorating yang.

Fu Zi: Being good at supporting the congenital true fire of Ming Men, promoting the circulation of Qi and blood throughout the twelve regular channels, used raw to act on the whole body rapidly to warm up Yang-Qi and dispel cold.

Gan Jiang: warming the Yang-Qi of the middle-Jiao to remove cold in the interior,
assisting Fu Zi in promoting the generation of Yang-Qi.

The Effect of 白通湯

Effect

Recuperating depleted Yang and breaking yin.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.