formula | Sweet Dew Decoction Gan Lu Yin |
source | Volume 6 of Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang |
Loquat leaf (brushed and defuzzed), Rehmannia root (dried and desoiled), Asparagus root (decored and baked), Bitter orange peel (pith removed, stir-fried with bran), Capillary wormwood (destemmed), Raw Rehmannia root, Ophiopogon root (decored and baked), Dendrobium stem (dereeded), Licorice root (roasted), Scutellaria root, all in equal parts.
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Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take 6 grams each time, boil with 150 ml of water until reduced to 100 ml, remove the dregs, and administer while warm after meals and before sleep. For children, divide one dose into two administrations.
Clearing heat and nourishing yin, moving qi draining dampness.
Gastric heat, gingival atrophy, fetid mouth odor, swollen and ulcerated gums with occasional pus and blood discharge; heavy eyelids often wanting to close; or hunger and heart vexation, not wanting to eat; red eye swelling and pain, unable to tolerate cold medicines; mouth and tongue sores, swollen and sore throat; rashes whether erupted or not; spleen and stomach dampness, stagnant heat inside, or drunkenness and overindulgence in sexual activity, dampness-heat clashing, leading to jaundice, yellowing of the body and face, slight swelling of the limbs, chest tightness and shortness of breath, irregular bowel movements, yellow and astringent urine, or occasional body heat. Currently used for stomatitis, pharyngitis, swollen and painful gums, chronic tonsillitis with yin deficiency and dampness-heat; also used for industrial eye burns and corneal stromal inflammation in ophthalmology.