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Fire and Water Hexagram Granules

坎离砂 〔坎離砂〕 kǎn lí shā

Source: * Empirical formula

Alternate Chinese names: Fēng hán shā (风寒砂 Wind-Cold Granules)

Ingredients

Actions: Dispels wind and disperses cold; quickens the blood and relieves pain.

Indications: Lumbar and leg pain, numbness and tingling of the limbs, wrenched lumbus, abdominal pain with glomus lump, and wind-damp joint pain.

Method: The ingredients are made into pills, which prior to use are mixed with rice vinegar and applied topically to the affected area under a bandage.

Rationale: Qiāng huó, Dú huó, Jīng jiè suì, Fáng fēng, Bái zhǐ, and Mù guā dispel wind-damp. Fù zǐ, Gān jiāng, Má huáng, Guì zhī, and mugwort warm the channels and free the network vessels. Dāng guī, Hóng huā, speranskia/balsam, and Niú xī quicken the blood and move stasis. This is sold commercially. Each box can be used 2–3 times. At the first time of use, the granules should be heated to as high a temperature as bearable when separated from the skin by three to four layers of bandage. This formula is for external use only. It should not be applied to the abdomen in pregnancy.

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