bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum)
crushed, wrapped in cotton fabric 30gm (1 jīn) Ginseng (Radix Ginseng)
9gm (3 liǎng) Take 1 liter of water and boil it with rice until the rice is cooked and the decoction is formed. Remove the dregs. Take 200 ml warm, divided into three doses per day.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heat and purging fire, tonifying qi and promoting fluid production.
bubble_chart Indications
Cold-damage disease or warm disease, with excessive interior heat and insufficient qi and yin, fever, thirst, dry mouth and tongue, profuse sweating, and a large, weak pulse; summerheat disease with fluid damage, sweating, aversion to cold, body heat, and thirst.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
This prescription is used to treat the syndrome of excessive heat at the qi aspect and insufficient fluid. Therefore, based on the White Tiger Decoction for clearing heat and promoting fluid production, Ginseng is added to tonify qi and promote fluid production. Zhang Xi-chunYixue Zhongzhong Canxilu states that this prescription "replaces rice with Chinese Yam, making the formula more stable and effective more quickly."
bubble_chart Modern Application
Reduces fever, inhibits bacteria, enhances immunity, lowers blood sugar. Mainly used for lobar pneumonia, epidemic encephalitis B, diabetes, presenting with mild fever, severe thirst unrelieved by drinking, sweating, slight aversion to cold on the back, and a pulse that is full and forceful but weak upon deep pressure.
