Radix Aconitii Lateralis Prep. Extract Powder 10:1
Actions Recuperate the depleted yang for resuscitation, supplement fire and strengthen yang, expel cold to relieve pain.
Application
1. It is used for yang exhausion syndrome. It is an essential medicine for the treatment of yang-exhaustion syndrome manifested as clammy perspiration, faint breath, cold clammy limbs, indistinct and faint pulse, it is usually used in combination with Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis) and Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae ), such as Sini Tang (Decoction); for exhaustion of qi due to yang-deficiency, it can be combined with Renshen (Radix Ginseng) to supplement qi to prevent prolapse of qi such as Shen Fu Tang (Decoction).
2. It is used to treat all syndromes of yang deficiency type. For insufficiency of kidney-yang with impotence, co1d and painful waist and knees, and frequent micturition, it is usually combined with Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi ), Shanzhuyu ( Fructus Corni ), and Shudihuang (Rhizoma Rehmanniae Praeparatae ), etc., such as Yougui Wan (Pill); for insufficiency of spleen-yang and kidney-yang and interior domination of cold and dampness with coldness and pain in epigastric abdomen, loss of appetite and diarrhea, it is combined with Dangshen (Radix Codonopsis ) , Baizhu ( Rhizoma Atractylodis Mazrocephalae), and Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis ), etc. for yang deficiency resulting in edema, and dysuria, usually used together with Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae), Fuling (Poria) and Shengjiang ( Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens); for exogenous affection due to yang-deficiency, combined with Mahuang (Herba Ephedrae); for spontaneous perspiration due to yang-deficiency, combined with Huangqi (Radix Astragali).
3. It is used to treat all pain syndromes of cold type. For arthralgia of wind-cold-dampness type, pain of general joints due to domination of cold and dampness, it is combined with Guizhi ( Ramulus Cinnamomi ), Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae ) and Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae); for abdominal pain due to cold accumulation and qi stagnation, combined with Dingxiang ( Flos CaryophyUi ), Gaoliangjiang ( Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum ) , etc.. |