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Triple Yáng Clearing and Resolving Decoction

三阳清解汤 〔三陽清解湯〕 sān yáng qīng jiě tāng

Source: Empirical formula

Ingredients

Actions: Outthrusts the evil with cool acrid agents; engenders liquid and allays thirst; disinhibits the throat and disperses binds.

Indications: Exuberant heat the three yáng channels or warm disease entering the qì aspect, causing massive head scourge characterized by persistent vigorous heat effusion with clouded distended head and headache, presence or absence of aversion to wind or cold and of sweating, painful rigidity of the nape and back, and, in the case of massive head scourge, swelling and reddening of the cheeks and face. Tongue: Red with thin yellow dry fur. Pulse: Forceful rapid floating and surging.

Method: Decoct with water, and split into three doses over one day.

Rationale: Gé gēn, Jīn yín huā, and Lián qiào cool and disperse greater yáng exterior heat. Shí gāo clears and resolves yáng brightness interior heat. Chái hú and Huáng lián harmonize the yáng brightness and resolve the heat affecting it. Dà qīng yè and Pú gōng yīng clear heat and resolve toxin. Gān cǎo harmonizes the other agents and nourishes the stomach.

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