Phellodendron (stir-fried to brown) 120 gm, Anemarrhena (soaked in wine, stir-fried) 120 gm, Rehmannia (steamed with wine) 180 gm, Tortoise shell (roasted with butter) 180 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with pig spinal cord and refined honey to form pills. Take 70 pills each time, swallowed with salt water before meals.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing yin and reducing fire.

bubble_chart Indications

Liver-kidney yin deficiency leads to heat generation. Symptoms include steaming bone fever, tidal fever, night sweats, heat and pain in the feet and knees, a red tongue with scant coating, and a rapid and forceful pulse at the chi position.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Phellodendron Bark and Anemarrhena clear heat with bitter cold, Prepared Rehmannia Root greatly tonifies kidney yin, while Tortoise Carapace and pig spinal cord, being products of flesh and blood, supplement essence and replenish marrow. When these herbs are combined, they equally emphasize tonifying yin and purging fire. Purging fire can preserve yin, and enriching yin can control fire, together achieving the effect of nourishing yin and reducing fire.