What is the dosage of Paofuzi?

As the name suggests, aconite is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. It is dug between June and August every year. After removing the mother root and some mud and sand, it can be processed. Depending on the processing method, there are three types of aconite: salt aconite, black aconite, white aconite, roasted aconite and light aconite. These types of processed aconite can all be called roasted aconite, so when we go to the pharmacy to buy it, if the prescription only says roasted aconite, then whichever one they give you is correct. Therefore, you must clearly write on the prescription which type of aconite it is, but general pharmacies do not have salted aconite. Now let’s talk about the usage and dosage of Pao Fu Zi.

1. Indications of Pao Fu Zi:

Restore yang and rescue from adverse condition, replenish fire and assist yang, expel wind, cold and dampness. It is used for yang loss, collapse, cold limbs and weak pulse, impotence, cold uterus, cold pain in the heart and abdomen, vomiting and diarrhea due to deficiency and cold, edema due to yin cold, exogenous infection due to yang deficiency, and arthralgia due to cold and dampness.

2. Usage and Dosage

3～15g. 18~30g can be used to restore yang and rescue the adverse condition. There are also large doses of more than 30g.

Jingfang Sini Decoction: one piece of raw aconite, one and a half liang of dried ginger, two liang of roasted licorice

Poge Jiuxin Decoction: 30~100~200 grams of aconite, 60 grams of dried ginger, 60 grams of licorice, 10~30 grams of Korean ginseng, 60~120 grams of cornus flesh, 30 grams each of raw dragon bone and oyster powder and active magnet powder, and 0.3-0.5 grams of musk.

3. Notes

It is forbidden for pregnant women to use. It should not be used together with Pinellia, Trichosanthes, Radix Trichosanthis, Fritillaria, Smilax glabra, and Bletilla striata. And you need to use the medicine according to your own detailed situation and appropriate dosage. Too much is as bad as too little. This is because aconite contains the toxic ingredient aconitine, which mainly has an excitatory and paralyzing effect on the myocardium, vagus nerve, and peripheral nerves. Symptoms of poisoning include numbness of the tip of the tongue, numbness of the limbs, a feeling of ants crawling, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, etc., and the most serious ones can be life-threatening.

It is forbidden to be taken by patients with Yin deficiency and Yang excess, true heat and false cold, and pregnant women. This product is pungent, hot and dry. It is not suitable for people with Yin deficiency and Yang hyperactivity and pregnant women. It is contraindicated with Pinellia, Trichosanthes, Fritillaria, Bletilla striata, and Bletilla striata. Because it is poisonous, it must be processed before oral administration. If taken excessively or if the preparation or decoction methods are improper, it may cause poisoning.

① "Bencao Jing Jizhu": Didan is the messenger. Evil centipede. It is afraid of fangfeng, licorice, astragalus, ginseng, black leek and soybean.

② "Pin Hui Jing Yao": Do not take during pregnancy.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Afraid of mung beans, black leeks, children's urine, and rhinoceros horns. Avoid soy sauce and millet. Get Sichuan pepper and salt, and reach the vital point.

④ "Bencao Huiyan": If the patient suffers from yin deficiency and internal heat or symptoms of yang extreme and yin, misuse of this medicine will lead to disaster.