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Clearing qì with coldness and bitterness

苦寒清气 〔苦寒清氣〕 kǔ hán qīng qì

A method of treatment used to address qì-aspect heat with cold bitter medicinals in the treatment of warm disease of spring with heat effusion, no (or slight) aversion to cold, joint pain, thirst, scant sweating, yellow urine, red tongue with yellow tongue fur, and a rapid pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Scutellaria Decoction (黄芩汤 huáng qín tāng) is an example of a cold bitter qì-clearing formula.

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