Applications: Chills and fever, no sweating, muscle aches, headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, postnasal drip, sneezing, coughing, diarrhea, wheezing and lack of appetite; also for treatment of hangover from alcohol, postpartum stroke, dizziness with blurry vision, eclampsia, acute fibrositis, toothache, with symptoms of thin coated tongue, floating pulse.
Today's Clinical Usage: influenza, pneumonia, bronchitis, headache, chronic shoulder pain, skin inflammation, rheumatism.
Composition:
gan cao 7.5 g, ge gen 15 g, sheng jiang 3 slices, ma huang 5.5 g, hong zao 4 piece (remove pits), shao yao 12 g, gui zhi 12 g. Boil with 2.5
Bowls of water. Simmer till 80% of a bowl is left. Strain. Drink an hour after meal, while tea is warm.
葛根湯 《傷寒論 》
主 治 ﹕ 太陽病,項背強痛,無汗惡風，或太陽與陽明合病下利,惡 寒 發熱無汗,鼻 塞 ﹐ 流 涕 咳 嗽 ﹐ 喘滿不食；亦治酒疸，產 後中風，頭目眩暈，痰盛氣急，子癇，落枕，齒痛﹐ 苔薄白，脈浮。
現 代 應 用 ﹕ 感冒, 流行性感冒, 肺炎, 支氣管炎,頭痛, 肩凝痛, 神經痛, 各種皮膚症﹐風濕,瘭疽, 小兒麻痺, 破傷風, 白喉,猩紅熱, 百日咳, 咽喉炎, 扁桃肥大症, 顏面神經麻痺, 角膜炎, 麥粒腫, 結膜炎, 砂眼, 各種眼疾, 中耳炎, 外耳道炎, 齒痛, 蓄膿症, 鼻炎, 鼻塞, 副鼻腔炎, 耳下腺炎, 腦膜炎, 淋巴腺炎, 乳腺炎, 腸熱,急性大腸炎, 赤痢初起及其他化膿症等。
組成﹕
甘草二錢, 葛 根 四錢, 生薑 三片, 麻黃錢半 紅棗 去核 四枚, 芍藥三錢, 桂枝三錢。
水 兩 碗 半, 煎 八 分. 飯後. 一小時溫服.
傷風後嗅覺消失：葛根湯加桔梗 黄芩川芎辛荑