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Sweet Dew Toxin-Dispersing Elixir

甘露消毒丹 〔甘露消毒丹〕gān lù xiāo dú dān

Source: Wēn Rè Bìng Jīng Wéi 温热经纬

Ingredients:

Action: Clears heat and disinhibits dampness; transforms turbidity with aroma.

Indication: Initial stages of damp warmth when the evil is in qì aspect. Signs: generalized heat effusion and fatigue, oppression in the chest, abdominal distension, thirst, and reddish urine. Tongue fur: Yellow and slimy. Pulse: Soggy and rapid. Similarly, it summerheat-damp seasonal epidemics with swollen jowls and dry throat. It can also be used for damp-heat jaundice.

Category: Dampness-dispelling formulas / Heat-clearing dampness-dispelling formulas

Method: Sun-dry and grind to a powder raw.

Dosage: Take 9g with water twice a day. Can also be made into pills with shenqu and taken dissolved in water.

Rationale: Huá shí is cold, sweet, and bland, while Yīn chén is cold, bitter, and aromatic. Combined, these two agents clear heat and summerheat, as well as disinhibiting dampness and transforming turbidity. They are therefore the sovereign agents. Mù tōng helps to clear heat and disinhibit dampness, conducting the evil with the urine. Shè gān and Chuān bèi mǔ drain lung qì and disinhibit the throat. Lián qiào, Huáng lián, and Bò hé are light agents that outthrust evils, clear heat, and resolve toxin. Shí chāng pú, Huò xiāng, and Bái dòu kòu are aromatics that invigorate center yáng, enabling it to eliminate the damp encumbrance. The combination clears heat in the upper body, percolates dampness in the lower body, and transforms turbidity in the center.

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