Main symptoms and signs: High-degree pitting edema possibly with hydrothorax, ascites, scanty urine, abdominal distension,
cough with dyspnea, thoracic fullness,
asthma, difficulty in lying flat, pale complexion, listlessness, aversion to cold, cold limbs, declining appetite, pale tongue with whitish fur, deep-thready pulse without force.
Therapeutic methods: Warming yang and inducing diureses.
Proscription and drugs: The prescription used is the modified Zhenwu Decoction composed of 6 g of Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Praepareta) (to be decocted first), 6 g of Shengjiang(Rhizoma Zingibergs Recens), 10 g of Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractytodis Macrocephalae), 10 g of Fuling (Poria), 10 g of Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba), 5 g of Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi), 20 g of Huangqi (Radix Astragali seu Hedysari), 10 g of Zhuling (Polygorus Umbellatus) and 10 g of Cheqianzi (Semen Plantaginis) (to be wrapped).
Modification For the patients with deficiency of the spleen yang, 15 g of Dangshen (Radix Codonopsis Pilosula) may be added; for the patients with deficiency
of the kidney yang, 3 g of Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi), 10 g of Buguzhi (Fmxtws Psoraleae), 10 g of Xianmao (Rhizoma Curculiginis) and 10 g of Yinyanghuo (Herba Epimedii) are included.
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