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Source: Hé Jì Jú Fāng 和剂局方

Ingredients:

• Shēng dì huáng (生地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Exsiccata seu Recens, dried/fresh rehmannia [root]) 2.5g
• Shú dì huáng (熟地黄 Rehmanniae Radix Praeparata, cooked rehmannia [root]) 2.5g
• Tiān dōng (天冬 Asparagi Radix, asparagus [root]) 2.5g
• Mài dōng (麦冬 Ophiopogonis Radix, ophiopogon [root]) 2.5g
• Shí hú (石斛 Dendrobii Herba, dendrobium) 2.5g
• Yīn chén (茵陈 Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, virgate wormwood) 2.5g
• Huáng qín (黄芩 Scutellariae Radix, scutellaria [root]) 2.5g
• Zhǐ ké (qiào) (枳壳 Aurantii Fructus, bitter orange) 2.5g
• Pí pá yè (枇杷叶 Eriobotryae Folium, loquat leaf) 2.5g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 2.5g

Action: Nourishes yīn, clears heat, and engenders liquid.

Indication: Damage to yīn by evil heat with signs such as heat vexation, thirst, fetid mouth odor, mouth and tongue sores, painful swollen throatand gums, bleeding gums, or erosion of the gums. Tongue: Red with dry yellow fur. Pulse: Fine and rapid. This formula is currently used in clinical practice for stomatitis, pharyngitis, and gingivitis. It is also quite effective for industrial eye burns and keratitis and for cataracts in old age.

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Rationale: Raw and Shú dì huáng enrich yīn and supplement the kidney. Mài dōng, Tiān dōng, and Shí hú clear and nourish the lung and stomach. These five agents invigorate water to douse the fire. Huáng lián and Gān cǎo clear heat and drain fire; they help where fire flaming upward indicates that vacuity is complicated by repletion. Yīn chén course qì, and enables the supplementing agents to enrich yīn without cloggy the stomach; it also clears heat and disinhibits water, conducting fire downward. Pí pá yè is a bitter draining and qì-downbearing agent that also helps to conduct the fire downward. Zhike regulates qì, enabling spleen liquid to be transported upward.

Similar: 麦门冬汤

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