Moisture Balance Decoction

for heaviness and pain of the head, waist and back, or general pain of the body with difficulty in turning round, whitish fur and superficial pulse, due to attack of exogenous wind and dampness on the body. The traditional formula  "Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang" (Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness) in TCM is primarily used to expell wind and dampness, which may manifest as pain in the shoulders and back causing an inability to look back, colds, migrane.

Product label: Moisture Balance Decoction
(Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang)
Packing: 60 capsules per box, each capsule contains 600mg
Product of China.

Ingredients:
Notopterygium (root & rhizome)
Ligusticum wallichii (rhizome)
Pubescent angelica (root)
Siler (root)
Chinese lovage (root and rhizome
Simple-leaf chaste tree (fruit)
Chinese licorice (root)

Actions: Expelling wind and eliminating dampness.

Indications: It is indicated for exogenous wind-dampness syndrome, marked by heaviness and pain of the head, waist and back, or general pain of the body with difficulty in turning round, whitish fur and superficial pulse. It is applicable to common cold, rheumatic arthritis, hemicrania, angioneurotic headache, lumbar strain, which pertain to attack by exogenous wind-dampness on the superficies and upper body; acute catarrhal conjunctivitis, syndrome of pathogenic wind exceeding pathogenic heat; herpes simplex keratitis, syndrome of wind-heat invasion of eye.

Directions: Take 3 pills each time, 2 times a day.

*This statement has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

通用名称：羌活胜湿汤
汉语拼音：qiang huo sheng shi tang
包装规格：每瓶60粒，每粒装0.6g

主要成分：羌活、独活、藁本、防风、甘草、川芎、蔓荆子。

功能与主治：升阳发汗，祛风胜湿。主治湿气在表，头痛头重，腰背重痛，或一身尽痛，难以转侧，恶寒微热，苔白脉浮者。

服法与用量：口服，一次3粒，一日2次。

羌活胜湿汤处方源于元代李东垣《内外伤辨惑论》。湿气在表之证，多由汗出当风，或久处湿地，风湿杂至，外袭肌表，郁于腠理，阻遏营卫所致。治宜发汗解表，祛风胜湿。本方不仅适用于湿气在表，对伤风头痛亦有较好疗效，故汪昂称其“实为伤风头痛通用之方”。现代临床常用于感冒，偏头痛，风湿性关节炎等。若用治风寒感冒，可加荆芥、白芷、生姜等；用治偏头痛，可加柴胡、黄芩；用治风湿痹痛，可加秦艽、防己等。

Tags: headache, cold, flu, migraine, upper respiratory tract infection, rheumatoid arthritis