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Source: Fú Yòu Biān 福幼编

Ingredients:

• Dīng xiāng (丁香 Caryophylli Flos, clove) 1.5–3g
• Ròu guì (肉桂 Cinnamomi Cortex, cinnamon bark) 2–3g
• Hú jiāo (胡椒 Piperis Fructus, pepper) 1.5–3g
• Jiāng (姜 Zingiberis Rhizoma, ginger) (blast-fried) 1.5–3g
• Zào xīn tǔ (灶心土 Terra Flava Usta , oven earth) 60–90g

Action: Expels cold and eliminates fright.

Indication: Enduring vomiting and diarrhea in children with signs such as a white complexion with a green-blue tongue, cold breath from the nose and mouth, cold limbs, clouding sleep (hypersomnia) with incompletely closed eyes, long voidings of clear urine, thin sloppy stool, and signs of developing chronic fright wind.

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Method: Make a decoction of the oven earth, and then use this to boil the other constituents. Split into a number of helpings and take warm.

Rationale: Ròu guì warm the center and supplements yáng. Dīng xiāng warms the center, downbears counterflow, and checks vomiting. These agents together form Dīng guì sǎn (丁桂散 Clove and Cinnamon Powder). They are supported by pepper, which enhances the warming and dispersing effect, and Pào jiāng and oven earth which not only warm the center but also check vomiting and diarrhea. When the cold evil is eliminated and the movement of center yáng is restored, the cause of chronic fright wind no longer exists.

Variations:

• Pronounced spleen-stomach vacuity: Add Rén shēn (人参 Ginseng Radix, ginseng) and Bái zhú (白朮 Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma, white atractylodes [root]).
• Serious convulsions: Add wind-extinguished tetany-checking agents such as Quán xiē (全蝎 Scorpio , scorpion) and Wú gōng (蜈蚣 Scolopendra , centipede).

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