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Source: Xiān Xǐng Zhāi Yī Xué Guǎng Bǐ Jì 先醒斋医学广笔记

Alternate Chinese names: 竹叶柽蒡汤

Ingredients:

• Xī hé liǔ (西河柳 Tamaricis Cacumen, tamarisk [twig and leaf]) 6g
• Jīng jiè (荆芥 Schizonepetae Herba, schizonepeta) 5g
• Dàn zhú yè (淡竹叶 Lophatheri Herba, lophatherum) 2g
• Niú bàng zǐ (牛蒡子 Arctii Fructus, arctium [seed]) 5g
• Gé gēn (葛根 Puerariae Radix, pueraria [root]) 5g
• Chán tuì (蝉蜕 Cicadae Periostracum, cicada molting) 3g
• Bò hé (薄荷 Menthae Herba, mint) 3g
• Zhī mǔ (知母 Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, anemarrhena [root]) (mix-fried) 3g
• Xuán shēn (玄参 Scrophulariae Radix, scrophularia [root]) 6g
• Mài dōng (麦冬 Ophiopogonis Radix, ophiopogon [root]) 9g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 3g

Action: Outthrust papules and resolves the exterior; clears heat and nourishes yīn.

Indication: Inhibited outthrust of sand papules (shā zhěn) with cough and panting, heat effusion, vexation and agitation, thirst, and painful swollen throat.

Category: Exterior-resolving formulas / Cool acrid exterior-resolving formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: This formula is suitable for case of measles with exuberant internal heat that has caused damage to yīn, preventing normal eruption. It has a more powerful clearing and outthrusting action than Shēng má gé gēn tāng (升麻葛根汤 Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction).

Similar: Shēng má gé gēn tāng (升麻葛根汤 Cimicifuga and Pueraria Decoction)

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