柴葛解肌汤

Name

Bupleurum and Pueraria Decoction for Dispelling Pathogenic Factors from Superficial Muscles.

The Prescription of 柴葛解肌汤

Source

The book Shang Han Liu Shu

Ingredients

• Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri) 6 g,
• Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae) 9 g,
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 3g,
• Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 6 g,
• Qiang Huo (Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii) 3g,
• Bai Zhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae) 3 g,
• Shao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) 6 g,
• Jie Geng (Radix Platycodi) 3 g,
• Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens) 3 pieces,
• Da Zao(Fructus Jujubae) 2 dates,
• Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum) 5 g.

Explanation

Ge Gen: One of the two principal drugs, being pungent and sweet in flavor and cold in nature, expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, clearing away heat.

Chai Hu: The other principal drug, being bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, removing heat.

Qiang Huo and Bai Zhi: Aiding Chai Hu and Ge Gen in expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, relieving pains.

Huang Qin and Shi Gao: Clearing away accumulated heat

Jie Geng: Facilitating the flow of the lung-Qi.

Shao Yao and Gan Cao: Regulating nutritive Qi, dispersing heat.

Sheng Jiang and Da Zao: Regulating nutritive Qi and defensive Qi.

The Effect of 柴葛解肌汤

Effect

Expelling pathogenic factors from the muscles and skin, clearing away heat.

Indications

Syndrome due to exogenous wind-cold which has stagnated and turned into heat, marked by chills with a milder tendency, fever with a higher tendency, no sweat, headache, eyes aching, dry nose, restlessness, insomnia, orbital aching and floating slightly full pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as influenza, prosopalgia, periodontitis, etc.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.