Cloud Connect 6 gm, Black Plum (pitted) 9 gm, Ophiopogon (with core) 9 gm, Rehmannia 9 gm, Donkey-Hide Gelatin 6 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Use 1 liter of water, decoct to 400 ml, and take in two doses.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heart and reducing fire, nourishing the kidneys and promoting fluid production.

bubble_chart Indications

When summer heat deeply penetrates the Shaoyin, it scorches the yin and causes consumptive thirst with a desire to drink; when summer heat deeply penetrates the Jueyin, it leads to malnutrition of the tendons and vessels, resulting in numbness of the hands and feet.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Coptis Rhizome clears heart heat; Donkey-hide Gelatin and Unprocessed Rehmannia Root nourish kidney fluid; Ophiopogon Tuber nourishes lung yin, to nourish the upper source of water; Smoked Plum combined with Coptis Rhizome has the effect of sour and bitter draining heat, and combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root and Ophiopogon Tuber, it has the function of sour and sweet transforming into yin. When heart fire is cleared, kidney water is restored, and liver yin is replenished, then consumptive thirst and paralysis can be cured.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

If the pulse is weak, large, and hollow, add Ginseng.