[Preparation method and dosage]
Gentian (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae)
5gm [Efficacy]
nourishing yin and blood, clearing heat and eliminating steaming.
[Indications]
Steaming bone fever tidal fever syndrome: steaming bone fever night sweat, muscle weight loss, red lips and cheeks, dry mouth and throat, red tongue with less coating, and thready and rapid pulse.
[Prescription]
This prescription is suitable for external contraction of wind evil, which if not treated can cause internal heat, deplete Qi and blood, and cause steaming bone fever. In the prescription, Gentian dispelling wind and clearing heat, turtle carapace enriching yin and clearing heat, together are sovereign medicinal; Bupleurum, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark dispelling wind can reduce fever and can be used together as a minister. Anemarrhena enriching yin and clearing heat; Chinese Angelica nourishing blood and regulating blood are assistant medicinal; Sweet Wormwood clearing heat and eliminating steaming ; Smoked Plum is sour and astringent, astringent and antiperspirant.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- The body is thin.
- steaming bone fever tidal fever.
- Red lips and red cheeks.
[Addition and subtraction]
- cough: Add White Mulberry Root-Bark.
- spontaneous sweating night sweat: add Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Astragalus Root.
- Dry mouth: add Ophiopogon Tuber, Dendrobium.
- Low fever that persists: increase the weight of Sweet Wormwood and Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
[Attention to taboos]
This prescription should not be used in patients with yin deficiency, scant blood, and convulsion in the limbs.
[Modern application]
This prescription has antipyretic, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Used for pneumonia, pulmonary subcutaneous node, thoracic membrane inflammation, costal membrane inflammation, and unexplained fever.