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Source: Wēn Bìng Tiáo Biàn 温病条辨

Ingredients:

• Mài dōng zhī (麦冬汁 Ophiopogonis Radix Recentis Succus, fresh ophiopogon [tuber] juice)
• ǒu zhī (藕汁 Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Recentis Succus, lotus root juice)
• Lí zhī (梨汁 Pyri Fructus Succus, pear juice)
• Bí qí zhī (荸荠汁 Heleocharitis Cormi Succus, water chestnut juice)
• Xiān lú gēn zhī (鲜芦根汁 Phragmitis Rhizomatis Recentis Succus, fresh phragmites [root] sap)

Action: Nourishes yīn and clears heat; engenders liquid and allays thirst.

Indication: Damage to fluids in warm disease with thirst and dry throat and lips.heye juice can be added for the treatment of diabetes insipidus.

Category: Dryness-relieving formulas / Internal dryness formulas

Method: ???

Rationale: This is one of the very few formulas that is made by combining raw juices. The effectiveness of this innovative formula of Yè Tiān-Shì's may be explained biomedically by the presence of vitamin C (known to be effective in the treatment of septicemia), which would be destroyed by decoction.

Similar: Zēng yè tāng (增液汤 Humor-Increasing Decoction)

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