bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing the stomach and enriching yin.

bubble_chart Indications

Treating the pattern of yin deficiency due to stomach heat. Symptoms include headache, toothache, irritability, thirst, loose teeth, gingival hemorrhage, a red tongue with yellow and dry coating, and a thin and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Gypsum is used as the monarch to clear excess stomach fire; Prepared Rehmannia Root is used as the minister to nourish the deficiency of kidney water. When these two herbs are used together, they can both clear fire and strengthen water. Anemarrhena is bitter, cold, and moist in nature, and can assist Gypsum in clearing stomach fire without the concern of bitter and drying properties damaging body fluids; Ophiopogon Tuber enriches yin and clears the lung, assisting Prepared Rehmannia Root in nourishing kidney yin while also addressing the root cause as an adjuvant; Achyranthes Root directs heat downward, reducing upward flaming fire and stopping upward bleeding as the envoy. When all these herbs are used together, they simultaneously moisten and tonify, address both the symptoms and the root cause, clearing stomach heat and replenishing kidney water, thus curing all symptoms!

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. aphtha gingival atrophy.
2. The tongue is red with a yellow coating.
3. Restless heat and thirst.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. For severe heat: add Gardenia and Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
2. For profuse sweating and excessive thirst: add Schisandra Fruit
3. . For difficulty in urination: add Alisma and Poria.
4. For extreme thirst: add Dendrobium and Ophiopogon Tuber.
5. For toothache: add Coptis Rhizome and Liquorice Root.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Use with caution in cases of loose stools or diarrhea.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Oral ulcers, diabetes, glossitis, gum swelling and pain, trigeminal neuralgia, periodontal disease, hematemesis, epistaxis.