Recipe of Wen Dan Tang

In life, we often hear the elderly talk about some folk remedies. In fact, many folk remedies have their origins. Today we are going to tell you about the prescription medicine Wen Dan Tang. Generally speaking, Wen Dan Tang can be used to regulate the body for insomnia patients or people with heavy moisture in their bodies. But people with cold body should use it with caution. The recipes of Wen Dan Tang recorded in different books are different. Today we will take a look at the recipes of Wen Dan Tang.

Volume 17 of "Wai Tai Mi Yao" quoted "Ji Yan Fang": Wen Dan Tang

Prescription: 12g ginger, 6g pinellia (washed), 9g orange peel, 6g bamboo shavings, 2 pieces of bitter orange (roasted), 3g licorice

It mainly functions to regulate qi, resolve phlegm, clear the gallbladder and harmonize the stomach. It is used to treat disharmony between the gallbladder and stomach, internal disturbance of phlegm and heat, insomnia due to deficiency and restlessness, vomiting and hiccups, palpitations and restlessness, epilepsy, etc.

Dosage and Administration: Chop the above six ingredients, add 1.6 liters of water, boil to obtain 400 ml, remove the residue, and take warm in three doses.

Note: In the prescription, Pinellia ternata is the main ingredient for relieving adverse effects and harmonizing the stomach, drying dampness and resolving phlegm; Rhizoma Anemarrhenae is the auxiliary ingredient for clearing heat and resolving phlegm, stopping vomiting and relieving restlessness; Rhizoma Citrus Aurantii Immaturus is the auxiliary ingredient for invigorating Qi and eliminating phlegm, causing phlegm to go down with the Qi; Tangerine peel is the auxiliary ingredient for regulating Qi and drying dampness, while Poria Cocos is the auxiliary ingredient for strengthening the spleen and draining dampness; Ginger, jujube and licorice are the auxiliary ingredients for nourishing the spleen and harmonizing the stomach, and coordinating all the medicines. The combination of these medicines can regulate qi and resolve phlegm, clear the gallbladder and harmonize the stomach.

Excerpt from Volume 17 of Wai Tai Mi Yao, citing the Collection of Effective Prescriptions

Volume 8 of Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fanglun: Wendan Decoction

Prescription: 45g each of Pinellia ternata (washed with water to remove the slippery part), Ophiopogon japonicus (core removed), 60g of Poria cocos, 90g of Ziziphus jujuba seeds (fried), roasted Licorice root, Cinnamon heart, Polygala tenuifolia (core removed, fried with ginger juice), 30g each of Scutellaria baicalensis, Radix Dipterocarpifolia, Ginseng

Preparation method: grind the medicine into powder.

Functions and indications: Resolving phlegm and soothing the stomach, nourishing the heart and calming the mind. It is used to treat internal obstruction of phlegm and fluid, malnutrition of the mind, panic, insomnia, and dizziness.

Dosage and Administration: Take 12 grams each time, use 1 liter of running water, add appropriate amount of glutinous rice, boil, stir 2,000 to 3,000 times, clarify, use 300 ml each time, then add medicine and boil until 210 ml remains, remove the residue, and take at any time.

Excerpt from Volume 8 of Sanyin Jiyi Bingzheng Fanglun

Volume 9 of "The Effective Prescriptions of the World's Doctors": Wen Dan Tang

Prescription: 60g each of Pinellia tuber, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, and Immaturus Immaturus (fried with bran and minced flesh), 90g of dried orange peel, 30g of licorice (roasted), 45g of Poria cocos, and 30g of ginseng

The preparation method is to grind it into pieces.

Functions and indications: It is used to treat insomnia due to weakness and restlessness after a serious illness, as well as palpitations, spontaneous sweating, and being easily startled by anything.

Dosage and Administration: Take 9 grams each time, boil with 250 ml of water, add 5 slices of ginger and 1 jujube, and take on an empty stomach. To achieve the desired effect, add 30g each of Polygala tenuifolia (without the core), ginger juice, stir-fried Schisandra chinensis, and 30g of Ziziphus jujuba seeds (fried with clam powder).

Excerpt from Volume 9 of "The Effective Prescriptions of the World's Doctors"

Volume 1 of Chen Su'an's Gynecological Explanation: Wendan Decoction

Prescription: Polygala, Ziziphus jujuba, Poria, Angelica, Chuanxiong, Pinellia, Cortex Phellodendri, Licorice, Cyperus, Poria

Functions and indications: It is used to treat women who are menstruating and suddenly get frightened, thus becoming timid, losing consciousness, suddenly stopping menstruation, having blue veins on the face and drooling.

Dosage and Administration: Decoction in water.

Excerpt from Volume 1 of Chen Su'an's Gynecological Explanation