ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Five-Accumulation Powder (wu ji san)

Chief herbs: Herba Ephedrae (ma huang), Radix Angelicae Dahuricae (bai zhi), Rhizoma Zingiberis Officinalis (gan jiang), Cortex Cinnamomi Cassiae (rou gui).

Other ingredients: Rhizoma Atractylodis (cang zhu), Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis (hou po),  Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (chen Pi), Rhizoma Pinelliae Ternatae (ban xia), Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (fu ling), Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (jie geng), Fructus Citri seu Ponciri (zhi ke), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (dang gui), Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae (bai shao), and Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong (chuan xiong). Honey-fried Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (zhi gan cao) harmonizes the actions of the

Pattern: Cold excess in both the exterior and interior.

Indications: Fever and chills without sweating, stiff neck and back with generalized body aches, sensation of fullness in the chest and abdomen, cold and painful abdomen, diarrhea with borborygmus.

At the present time, this formula is used primarily for treating the accumulation of food in the interior with externally-contracted wind-cold.