Formula
Single-Ingredient Melon Stalk Decoction
一物瓜蒂汤yi wu gua di tang
1 source
1 herbs·from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)
In the《Jingui Yaolue》tradition, this formula is described for summerheat-stroke (中暍) of the Taiyang type: fever with heavy aching of the body and a faint, weak pulse, taken to arise from cold water lodging in the skin during the summer months. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.
Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：太陽中暍，身熱疼重而脉微弱，此以夏月傷冷水，水行皮中所致也，一物瓜蒂湯主之。…
Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet)《金匮要略》痉湿暍病脉证治第二·一物瓜蒂汤证（27条）
References
- Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
- Muskmelon (Tian gua)二十個
Citations
- Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《金匮要略》痉湿暍病脉证治第二·一物瓜蒂汤（组成·27）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》痉湿暍病脉证治第二·一物瓜蒂汤证（27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》痉湿暍病脉证治第二·一物瓜蒂汤（煎服法·27）；hash 锚公版逐字子片段Cited from Jingui Yaolue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet) for its preparation & usage.