State/School

California License Exams, Pacific College Comps

Translation

Evodia Decoction

Formula Type

Warm the Middle and Dispel Cold

Actions

Warm and tonify the Liver and Stomach, direct rebellious qi downward, stop vomiting.

Source

Shang Han Lun (Eastern Han - approximately 200 AD)

Ingredients

1. Wu Zhu Yu9-12g
2. Sheng Jiang18g
3. Ren Shen9g
4. Da Zao12 pieces

Indication

Deficiency-cold of the stomach with turbid yin reversing upwards, causing vomiting. The presentation varies:

1) vomiting directly after eating, indeterminate gnawing hunger, and acid regurgitation,

2) dry heaves with vertex headache,

or 3) vomiting and diarrhea with cold hands and feet, and severe agitation. Tongue coat is white and slippery. Pulse is thin and slow or thin and wiry.

Contraindication

1. Acid reflux
2. Vomiting due to heat.