Xue’s Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction

Xue’s Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction,Several days after a damp-heat syndrome, the damp-heat has subsided. Residual pathogenic factors obscure the clear yang, causing disharmony of the stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a condition where one feels hungry but refuses to eat. In cases of cold damage and warm-heat diseases, yang is stagnant and externally blocked.

Formulas Name : Xue’s Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction

Chinese Name : 薛氏五叶芦根汤

Drug Formulation

Agastache leaves, peppermint leaves, fresh lotus leaves, loquat leaves, agastache leaves, reed root, and winter melon seeds.

Source

Formula sourced from *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*, citing *Xue Shengbai’s Treatise on Damp-Heat Diseases*; name found in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Warm Epidemics*.

Benefits

Several days after a damp-heat syndrome, the damp-heat has subsided. Residual pathogenic factors obscure the clear yang, causing disharmony of the stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a condition where one feels hungry but refuses to eat. In cases of cold damage and warm-heat diseases, yang is stagnant and externally blocked.

Xue’s Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction,Formula sourced from *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*, citing *Xue Shengbai’s Treatise on Damp-Heat Diseases*; name found in *Treatment Methods for Damp-Warm Epidemics*.,Several days after a damp-heat syndrome, the damp-heat has subsided. Residual pathogenic factors obscure the clear yang, causing disharmony of the stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a condition where one feels hungry but refuses to eat. In cases of cold damage and warm-heat diseases, yang is stagnant and externally blocked.

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