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Clearing heat and dispelling dampness

清热祛湿 〔清熱袪濕〕 qīng rè qū shī

Any method of treatment used to treat damp-heat. Clearing heat and dispelling dampness is applied to damp warmth, jaundice, cholera, heat strangury, and wilting or impediment due to damp-heat external contractions, exuberant internal damp-heat, or damp-heat pouring downward. Commonly used heat-clearing dampness-dispelling medicinals include virgate wormwood (Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, 茵陈蒿 yīn chén hāo), coix (Coicis Semen, 薏苡仁 yì yǐ rén), talcum (Talcum, 滑石 huá shí), and gardenia (Gardeniae Fructus, 山栀子 shān zhī zǐ). Formulas include Three Kernels Decoction (三仁汤 sān rén tāng) Virgate Wormwood Decoction (茵陈蒿汤 yīn chén hāo tāng) and Sweet Dew Toxin-Dispersing Elixir (甘露消毒丹 gān lù xiāo dú dān). See also clearing heat and transforming dampness and clearing heat and disinhibiting dampness.

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