Da Qing Long Tang
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Other Names : 大青龍湯, Major Blue Green Dragon Decoction, Major Blue Green Dragon Combination
Contents
Special Precautions of Da Qing Long Tang
- Administer gradually and stop when sweating has begun.
- Contraindicated for those with Shao Yin syndrome.
- Contraindicated for those with Yang Deficiency.
- Contraindicated for those with Windstroke patterns with External Deficiency.
- Contraindicated for those with sweating associated with an increase in irritability, restlessness and Heat.
- Contraindicated for those with Yin or Blood deficiency.
- Contraindicated for those with Wind-Cold Attacking the Exterior with severe accumulation of fluids in the Interior.
- Contraindicated for those with Exterior Deficiency (Wei Qi Deficiency).
Actions
- Promotes diaphoresis
- Releases the Exterior
- Clears Interior Heat
- Relieves irritability
Benefits and uses of Da Qing Long Tang are
Main symptoms are fever, coughing with thicker yellow phlegm, body aches, thirsty, loss of appetite, no sweating, feeling a chill, but feels very hot inside of body. In ancient time, this formula is the most popular one to treat epidemic diseases.
- Chills
- Discomfort
- High fever
- Irritability
- No sweating
- Pain in entire body
- Restlessness
- Acute superficial oedema
- Asthma
- Breathing difficulty
- Cough
- Pleurisy
- Thirst
- Red and slightly rough tongue
- thin-white or thin-yellow coating
- Floating-Rapid-Tight pulse (Fu Shu Jin)
- Floating-Tight pulse (Fu Jin);
Ingredients
- Ma Huang (Herba Ephedrae)10g
- Gui Zhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae)15g
- Sheng Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis Recens)2 slices
- Shi Gao ( Gypsum) ..20g
- Xing Ren (Semen Pruni Armeniacae)10g
- Zhi Gan Cao (Honey fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis)10g
- Da Zao (Fructus Zizyphi Jujubae)10 dates
