Description
Man Jing Zi San (Shrub Chastetree Fruit Powder), from [Yang] Ren-zhai’s Direct Guidance on Formulas (Ren Zhai Zhi Zhi Fang).
Actions: Scatter and dissipate wind-heat, relieve swelling, and resolve toxins
Indications: Indicated for the treatment of acute pyotorrhea, accompanied by interior ear pain, fullness, suppuration, tinnitus, hearing disorders, bitter taste in the mouth, dry mouth, yellowish urine, constipation, red tongue with yellow coating, wiry, and rapid pulse
Category: Formulas that Release the Exterior with Acrid-cool Medicinals.
Source: Xi S, Gong Y. Essentials of Chinese Materia Medica and Medical Formulas: New Century Traditional Chinese Medicine. Academic Press/Elsevier, 2017, pp. 435–438.
Preparation
Grind the ingredients together into crude powder, decocte 9 g powder each time and appropriate amount of Rhizoma Zingiberis Recens ( sheng jiang ) and Fructus Jujubae ( da zao ) with water; or if directly as a decoction, the dosage should be reduced according to the original proportion
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