Formula

Rhubarb and Kansui Decoction

大黄甘遂汤da huang gan sui tang
1 source

3 herbs·from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)

In the《Jingui Yaolue》tradition, this formula is described for a woman after childbirth with a lower abdomen full and rounded, slightly difficult urination yet no thirst, taken as water and blood bound together in the blood chamber. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.

Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：婦人少腹滿如敦狀，小便微難而不渴，生後者，此爲水與血并結在血室也，大黄甘遂湯主之。…

Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)《金匮要略》妇人杂病脉证并治第二十二·大黄甘遂汤证（13条）

References
  • Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
  • Rhubarb Root四兩
  • Kansui (Gan sui)二兩
  • Donkey-hide gelatin (E jiao)二兩
Citations
  • Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》妇人杂病脉证并治第二十二·大黄甘遂汤（组成·13）Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its composition.
  • Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》妇人杂病脉证并治第二十二·大黄甘遂汤证（13条）；hash 锚公版逐字子片段Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its traditional indications.
  • Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》妇人杂病脉证并治第二十二·大黄甘遂汤（煎服法·13）；hash 锚公版逐字子片段Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its preparation & usage.