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Evodia C.
chinese formulae

definition

Evodia C. = Wu Zhu Yu Tang = "Evodia Decoction"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 325; Yeung, p. 250; Dharmananda, 1986, p. 286; Bensky and Barolet, p. 221.
signs and symptoms: Vomiting immediately after eating, dry heaves or vomiting clear fluids; indeterminate gnawing hunger, acid regurgitation with or without epigastric pain; headache at the vertex; diarrhea; cold hands and feet.
tongue and pulse: White, greasy tongue coating, with thin and slow or thin and wiry pulse.
indications: Cold from Xu (Deficiency) of the Stomach or Cold Attacking the Middle Warmer. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as headache, migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, Meniere's disease, eclampsia, hypertension, acute vomiting and diarrhea, morning sickness, food poisoning, dyspepsia, chronic gastritis, and cholecystitis.
cautions and contraindications: For severe vomiting, drink the decoction cool. Rarely patients may experience a short-term worsening of symptoms after taking the decoction, which should resolve within 30 minutes. To minimize these side effects, the decoction may be taken cold or in smaller, more frequent doses; also, the patient should rest after taking the decoction. Contraindicated in cases with vomiting or acid regurgitation due to Heat.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 18 grams: fresh ginger (sheng jiang).
» 9 grams: evodia (wu zhu yu), ginseng (ren shen).
» 4 pieces: jujube (da zao).
modifications:
» for severe headache, add cnidium (chuan xiong) and Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui).
» for severe vomiting or morning sickness, add pinellia (ban xia) and cardamon (sha ren).
» for severe epigastric pain, add salvia (dan shen) and sausurrea (mu xiang).
» for hernia due to Cold, add aconite (fu zi).


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