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rx
formula
Cimicifuga and Pueraria C.
chinese formulae
definition
Cimicifuga and Pueraria C. = Sheng Ma Ge Gen Tang = Cimicifuga and Kudzu Decoction
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 594; Bensky and Barolet, p. 47; Yeung, p. 206.
signs and symptoms: Early-stage measles or rashes that do not surface evenly, fever and chills, lack of sweating, headache, insomnia, generalized body aches, sneezing, dry nose or nosebleeds, coughing, eye pain, red eyes, thirst.
tongue and pulse: Red, dry tongue and floating, rapid pulse.
indications: Lung and Stomach Heat. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as influenza, measles, scarlet fever, chickenpox, epistaxis, hemophthalmia, tonsillitis, and skin diseases.
cautions and contraindications: Contraindicated for rashes that break out evenly, as this may cause Qi Xu (Deficiency), and in cases of measles toxins penetrating internally with symptoms such as coughing and wheezing.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 9 grams: pueraria (ge gen).
» 6 grams: red peony (chi shao yao).
» 3 grams: cimicifuga (sheng ma), honey-baked licorice (zhi gan cao).
modifications:
» for more pronounced exterior Heat, add mentha (bo he), cicada (chan tui), arctium (niu bang zi) and lonicera (jin yin hua).
» to promote the eruption of measles, add mentha (bo he), arctium (niu bang zi), cicada (chan tui), lonicera (jin yin hua), schizonepeta (jing jie).
» for swollen and sore throat, add platycodon (jie geng), scrophularia (xuan shen) and lasiosphera (ma bo).
» if the rash is dark-red, add lithospermum (zi cao) and moutan bark (mu dan pi).
» for dysenteric diarrhea, substitute white peony (bai shao yao) for red peony (chi shao yao).
» for viral rashes, especially herpes zoster, add lithospermum (zi cao).
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