【Medicated Diet Name】
Fragrant Soy Sauce Porridge
【Composition】
Ephedra 3 parts (remove root nodes), Pueraria root 1 part, Gardenia seed 1 part, Gypsum 0.5 liang, Schizonepeta 0.5 liang, Ginger 1 part, Fermented black beans 1 he, Glutinous rice 1.5 he.
【Efficacy】
Induce sweating.
【Indications】
3 days of typhoid fever with persistent high fever.
【Dosage and Administration】
Boil Ephedra and other ingredients with 3 large bowls of water until reduced to 1.5 bowls. Remove the residue and add rice to cook into a thin porridge. Take it at any time. Cover yourself with a blanket to sweat and recover.
【Preparation Method】
Grind into fine powder.
【Introduction to Medicinal Materials】
Gypsum: Gypsum clears heat and drains fire, relieves thirst. It is used to treat acute febrile diseases with high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, restlessness, delirium, eruption, heatstroke with spontaneous sweating, lung heat with cough and asthma, headache and toothache due to stomach heat, swollen gums, oral ulcers, and sudden onset of red eyes.
Pueraria root: Pueraria root has the effects of relaxing muscles, reducing fever, nourishing the body fluids, and stopping diarrhea.
Ephedra: Ephedra induces sweating, dispels cold, ventilates the lungs, and relieves asthma. It is used for wind-cold colds, chest stuffiness, asthma, and edema; bronchial asthma. Honey processed Ephedra nourishes the lungs and stops coughing. It is mostly used for external symptoms that have been resolved, as well as asthma and cough.
Gardenia seed: Gardenia seed has the functions of clearing heat and relieving restlessness, clearing heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood and detoxification; it also has the external use of reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is used for fever with restlessness, damp-heat jaundice, painful urinary dysfunction, blood heat vomiting nosebleed, red and swollen eyes, and fire-toxicity sores and ulcers; it is used externally for sprains and pain.
Schizonepeta: Schizonepeta has the effects of releasing the exterior, dispersing wind, promoting eruption, and resolving sores. It is used for colds, headaches, measles, rubella, and initial stage of sores. Charred Schizonepeta is used to treat hemorrhage and abnormal uterine bleeding.
