Aconite Herbal Pairs (2) – Introduction to the Prescription of Coptis Rhizoma with Aconite

Wu Wenbo Shijiazhuang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ephedra – aconite; aconite – cinnamon; aconite – asarum; aconite – licorice; aconite – Atractylodes; Aconite – Shudi; Aconite – Angelica; Aconite – Guizhi; Aconite – Zanthoxylum bungeanum; Aconite – Poria; – Aconite; Yinchen – aconite; Astragalus – aconite; dried ginger – aconite.

Meaning of Coptis chinensis with Fuzi

Efficacy of compatibility together:

Coptis is an essential medicine for the detoxification of bitter cold, purging fire and detoxification. It is especially good at purging the heart and stomach with excess heat, and stops damp-heat dysentery. Aconite is pungent, warm and dry, and it has the strongest power of returning to Yang to save the rebellion. The two medicines are used together, the hard work is compatible, one is cold and the other is hot, there is a combination of cold and heat, and Yin and Yang complement each other. That is what Wang Xugao said: “Huang Lian combined with Fuzi can exchange water and fire.”

Indications: 1. Heart fullness caused by the mutual combination of cold and heat, abdominal fullness and pain , Unsmooth diarrhea, nausea, nausea and irritability combined with yang deficiency, excessive sweating, aversion to cold, cold limbs and weak pulse. 2. Diarrhea and dysentery are mixed with cold and heat.

Prescription of Coptis Rhizoma with Fuzi

1. Fuzi Xiexin Decoction “Treatise on Febrile Diseases”

Composition and dosage: 12 grams of rhubarb, Coptis chinensis 6 grams , 6 grams of skullcap, aconite 10 grams (cannon, don’t cook for juice). For the first four flavors, soak it with 400 ml of Ma Boiling Decoction. After a while, twist it to remove the residue, add the aconite juice, and serve it after warming. Cut three flavors.

Functions and Indications: Warming the meridians and returning to the yang, releasing heat and eliminating suffocation. Treat yang deficiency in the outside, and heat in the stomach. The heart is full of ruffians, and the person is again aversion to cold and sweating.

2. Coptis Coptidis Fu Pill “Living Heart”

Composition and Dosage: Jiang Chuan connects one or two, and simmers aconite for seven points. The top is the end, and the Divine Comedy is the pill, as big as the sycamore. Sixty pills per serving, delivered with light ginger soup.

Functions and Indications: Qi deficiency, diaphragm plugging and swallowing acid.