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Sweeping Down DecoctionTOWERTOPCONTROL

建瓴汤 〔建瓴湯〕jiàn líng tāng

Source: Yī Xué Zhōng Zhōng Shēn Xī Lù 医学衷中参西录

Ingredients:

Action: Settles the liver and extinguishes wind; fosters yīn and subdues yáng.

Indication: Ascendant hyperactivity of liver yáng with dizziness, tinnitus, and deafness, profuse dreaming, insomnia, heart palpitation, and forgetfulness. Pulse: Stringlike and long. Now used for high blood pressure, dizziness and neurasthenia presenting with signs of ascendant hyperactivity of liver yáng.

Category: Wind-relieving formulas / Internal wind formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Notes: The name is an evident allusion to the expression 高屋建瓴, to pour water from a steep roof, i.e., to sweep down irresistably from a commanding height, which here describes the force of the formula.

Similar: Zhèn gān xī fēng tāng (镇肝熄风汤 Liver-Settling Wind-Extinguishing Decoction)

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