bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing yin and reducing fire.

bubble_chart Indications

Deficiency fatigue, yin deficiency, blood deficiency, exuberant ministerial fire, symptoms include fever, night sweats, palpitations, cough, fatigue, dry mouth, insomnia, dry throat, emaciation, dry stool, red tongue texture, and deep rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for syndromes of yin deficiency and excessive ministerial fire. In the formula, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root and Prepared Rehmannia Root enrich yin and nourish the kidney's yin; Er Dong (Ophiopogon and Liriope) enriches yin and clears the lung, moisturizing dryness, and also nourishes the yin of the lung and kidney; Chinese Angelica and Peony Root nourish blood and regulate blood; Anemarrhena and Phelloendron Bark reduce the rising deficient fire; most of the above herbs are sweet and moist, which may hinder the spleen and stomach's transformation, hence the combination of medicinals White Atractylodes Rhizome, Liquorice Root, Ginger, and Jujube strengthens the spleen and harmonizes the middle to prevent the greasy herbs from affecting the stomach.

1. deficiency fatigue yin deficiency ministerial fire exuberance.
2. fever night sweats.
3. cough dry throat.
4. red tongue.
5. deep and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. cough severe: add White Mulberry Root-Bark, Dutohmanspipe Fruit, Trichosanthis Fruit kernel, Schisandra Fruit.
2. Excessive phlegm: add Pineilia, Fritillaria Bulb, Trichosanthis Fruit kernel.
3. tidal fever: add Coastal Glehnia Root, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark.
4. night sweat excessive: add oyster shell, Sour Jujube, light wheat.
5. cough with blood: add Coptis Rhizome, hairyvein agrimonia herb, Mahonia Leaf.
6. hematemesis: add Gardenia, Coptis Rhizome, Dried Ginger, Typha.
7. spitting blood: add Platycodon Root, Scrophularia Root, Platycladus.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Avoid consuming spicy and inflammatory foods.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Lung subcutaneous nodule, kidney subcutaneous nodule, hardened pulse, hypertension, diabetes, pyelonephritis, bronchitis, and other diseases, belong to yin deficiency with effulgent fire.