Abstract

This paper mainly describes the experiences of clinical application of Dachaihu Decoction in treating chronic pelvic infection, coronary heart disease, insomnia, and hepatolithiasis.

Highlights

  • Dachaihu Decoction, originating from Treatise on Febrile Diseases, is a commonly used formula in clinic

  • This paper mainly describes the experiences of clinical application of Dachaihu Decoction in treating chronic pelvic infection, coronary heart disease, insomnia, and hepatolithiasis

  • Modifying from Xiaochaihu Decoction by excluding Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and including Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, and Radix Paeoniae Alba, it aims at harmonizing Shaoyang and relieving excess Fu syndrome by promoting defecation

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Introduction

Dachaihu Decoction, originating from Treatise on Febrile Diseases, is a commonly used formula in clinic. Modifying from Xiaochaihu Decoction by excluding Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae, Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng and including Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, and Radix Paeoniae Alba, it aims at harmonizing Shaoyang and relieving excess Fu syndrome by promoting defecation. It is used to treat syndrome of pathogenic evils in Shaoyang combining interior excess in Yangming by Zhang Zhongjing. The formula has been flexibly modified to treat varied miscellaneous diseases with significant effects by focusing on its pathogenesis, namely, Shaoyang disorder with Fu qi obstruction. The writer would like to give four detailed examples as follows

Coronary Heart Disease
Insomnia
Chronic Pelvic Infection
Hepatolithiasis
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