Ge Hua Jie Cheng Tang (Kudzu Flower Decoction to Relieve Alcohol)

Kudzu Flower Decoction to Relieve Alcohol

Pi Wei Lun, 1249

• Ge Hua – chief; Sha Ren, Bai Dou Kou (transform damp/move qi)
• Shen Qu, Ze Xie, Fu Ling, Zhu Ling (drain damp); Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Chen Pi, Mu Xiang, Qing Pi, Gan Jiang

• Resolves alcohol accumulation and transforms damp
• Promotes urination and strengthens the Spleen

Excess-alcohol damp accumulation: hangover with a stifling chest and abdomen, nausea and vomiting, reduced appetite, headache, and scanty urine.

Tongue: greasy coat. Pulse: slippery.

Best for occasional use; the real remedy is to reduce alcohol intake.

Symptomatic; address alcohol use itself.