-IBIS-1.5.0-
rx
formula
Aquilaria and Gastrodia C.
chinese formulae
definition
Aquilaria and Gastrodia C. = Chen Xiang Tian Ma Tang.
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 370.
signs and symptoms: Epilepsy or convulsions in patient with weak constitution, noisy, frothing salivating; tongue biting; rolled-up eyes. It is also good for women giving birth to a second or third child who have repeated bleeding, Liver Shi (Excess) syndromes, rapid palpitations, and are easily frightened.
tongue and pulse:
indications: With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as epilepsy in a person with weak constitution, acute infantile convulsions, neurasthenia, hysteria, facial nerve paralysis, and the somatic pains of patients with weak physiques.
cautions and contraindications:
ingredients: dosage for one day:
» 3 grams: siler (fang feng), pinellia (ban xia), notopterygium (qiang huo), tu-huo (du huo).
» 2 grams: Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui), gastrodia (tian ma), aquilaria (chen xiang), black cardamon (yi zhi ren).
» 1.5 grams: silkworm (jiang can).
» 1 gram: licorice (gan cao).
» 0.5 grams: Sichuan aconite root (wu tou), aconite (fu zi).
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