Anemarrhena 18 gm, Gypsum 30-45 gm (crushed, wrapped in cotton fabric), Licorice (roasted) 6 gm, Japonica Rice 12 gm, Ginseng 9 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take the above 5 ingredients, boil with 1 liter of water until the rice is cooked and the decoction is formed, then remove the dregs. Administer 200 ml while warm, divided into three doses per day.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and purging fire, tonifying qi and producing fluid.

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 dual injury to fluids, sweating with aversion to cold, body heat and thirst.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is used to treat a syndrome of excessive heat at the qi aspect with insufficient fluid. Therefore, based on the White Tiger Decoction's function of clearing heat and promoting fluid production, Ginseng is added to tonify qi and produce fluid. Zhang Xichun's "Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu" states that this formula "replaces rice with raw Chinese Yam, making the formula more stable and effective more quickly."