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Minor Qì-Coordinating Decoction

小承气汤 〔小承氣湯〕xiǎo chéng qì tāng

Source: Shāng Hán Lùn 伤寒论

Ingredients:

Action: Drains heat and abducts stagnation; disperses accumulation and eliminates fullness.

Indication: Yáng brightness bowel repletion patterns with glomus and fullness, constipation, and tidal heat effusion. Tongue fur: Yellow. Pulse: Slippery and rapid. Also treats indigestion and food accumulation with diarrhea, as well as initial-stage dysentery with distension and fullness of the abdomen and tenesmus.

Category: Draining-precipitation formulas / Cold precipitation formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Similar: Dà chéng qì tāng (大承气汤 Major Qì-Coordinating Decoction)

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