Formula

Major Aconite Main Tuber Decoction

大烏頭煎da wu tou jian
1 source

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

In the《Jingui Yaolue》tradition, this formula is described for a "cold colic" (寒疝) pattern: pain encircling the navel that comes in bouts with cold sweat, cold reversal of the hands and feet, and a sunken bowstring pulse. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.

Source
传统主治(traditional context, not a modern clinical claim):腹痛,脉弦而緊,弦則衛氣不行,即惡寒,緊則不欲食,邪正相搏,即爲寒疝。…

Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)《金匮要略》腹滿寒疝宿食病脉證治第十·大烏頭煎(烏頭煎方)(17)(证治条文)

References
  • Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
  • Aconite (Fu zi)大者五枚
Citations
  • Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》腹滿寒疝宿食病脉證治第十·大烏頭煎(烏頭煎方)(17)(组成)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》腹滿寒疝宿食病脉證治第十·大烏頭煎(烏頭煎方)(17)(证治条文);hash 锚公版逐字条文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》腹滿寒疝宿食病脉證治第十·大烏頭煎(烏頭煎方)(17)(煎服法)Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its preparation & usage.