Description
Bi Ba Bing (Long Pepper Cake), from Introduction to Medicine (1575).
Actions: Warms the exterior; Dispels cold; Opens the nose
Indications: Nasal congestion with copious clear discharge from a wind-cold exterior pattern
Pattern: Wind-cold nasal congestion
Composition note: Equal amounts of bi ba and xiang fu; enough fresh garlic to form a cake. No weights printed.
Category: External Formulas for Internal Disorders.
Source: Scheid V, Bensky D, Ellis A, Barolet R. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. Eastland Press, 2009, p. 904.
Preparation
Coarse powder of bi ba and xiang fu pounded with fresh garlic into a cake about 2cm wide and 1cm thick; heat, place on GV-22 (xin hui) and keep warm with moxa (source used an iron).
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