Bupleurum, Turtle Shell (remove the skirt, butter-roasted, use the one with nine ribs), Lycium Root Bark, each 30 gm; Gentiana Macrophylla, Angelica Sinensis.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take 15 grams each time, add 200 ml of water, along with 5 leaves of Artemisia annua and 1 dark plum.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing yin and blood, reducing fever and eliminating steaming.

bubble_chart Indications

Deficiency fatigue, yin deficiency, blood deficiency, steaming bone fever, strong, muscle wasting, red lips and flushed cheeks, fatigue, night sweats.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula includes turtle carapace, Anemarrhena, and Chinese Angelica to nourish yin and blood; Gentian, Bupleurum, Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark, and Sweet Wormwood to clear heat and eliminate steaming; and Smoked Plum to astringe yin and secure the exterior. When combined, these herbs not only nourish yin and blood to address the root cause but also reduce fever and eliminate steaming to treat the symptoms. Clinically, it is commonly used for tidal fever in subcutaneous node diseases, late-stage warm febrile diseases (third stage) with yin deficiency and fluid depletion, residual heat, and unexplained long-term recurrent low-grade fever of the yin deficiency type.