Dà Huáng Fù Zǐ Tāng 大黄附子汤
Rhubarb And Prepared Aconite Decoction
Ingredients
Dosages:
- Jun: Zhi Fu Zi (9g)
- Chen: Da Huang (9g)
- Zuo: Xi Xin (3g)
Actions:
- Warm interior
- Disperse cold
- Alleviate pain
- Unblock bowels
Indications:
Constipation, abdominal pain, extremely cold limbs, False Heat with true cold, frozen stool. Hernia type pain (cold in the Liver channel) Cold stagnation excess. Low-grade Fever. Aversion to cold, hypochondriac pain. Cold accumulation in the interior.
Pattern:
Cold Accumulation In The Interior
Tongue:
White, greasy tongue coat or Puffy with a dry coat
Pulse:
Wiry, Tight
Abdomen:
Notes:
- Abdominal pain that lessens with the application of warmth, add Gui Zhi and Bai Shao
- Severe distention and thick dirty tongue coat, add Zhi Shi, Shen Qu
- Abdominal fullness, distention, and a greasy tongue coating from stagnation, add Hou Po and Mu Xiang
- Cold hernial disorders with severe back and groin pain, add Rou Gui and Xiao Hui Xiang
- In cases of qi deficiency, add Dang Shen and Huang Qi
- For Spleen and Stomach yang deficiencies, add Ren Shen and Gan Cao
- For the elderly and those who are weak, add Gui Zhi and fully cook Da Huang
- When there is severe pain, add Rou Gui
Acute abdominal pain, cholecystitis, chronic colitis, chronic renal failure, dysentery, enteritis, and uremia
Preparation:
Source Text - Prepared as a decoction. Cook Da Huang with the other herbs.
Modern Text -
Use for elderly people, or for those who ate extremely cold food. Use for cold and warm purging at same time, and for spasms caused by cold.