Coptis, Ejiao, and Egg Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Coptis, Ejiao, and Egg Drink

Chinese Name: 黄连阿胶鸡蛋饮

Formula

3 g Coptis, 6 g Scutellaria, 10 g Paeonia, 15 g Dong’e Ejiao, 2 eggs.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

First, place Coptis, Scutellaria, and Peony Root in a pot, add water, and simmer until a concentrated decoction is obtained. Then add the Donge’a Ejiao and melt it in the liquid. Once slightly cooled, stir in the beaten raw eggs and simmer for another 5 minutes.

Efficacy

Clears heart heat, reduces internal fire, relieves restlessness, and calms the mind. Suitable for insomnia caused by excessive heart fire.

Usage

Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.

Commentary

Coptis (Huang-lian) function as the chief herb; cold and bitter in character, its action follows the Heart, Spleen, Stomach, Liver, Gallbladder, Large Intestine meridians, working chiefly to clear heat, dry dampness, purge fire and remove toxins. Scutellaria (Huang-qin) serves as the deputy herb, bitter-cold in property, acting through the Lung, Gallbladder, Spleen, Stomach, Large Intestine, Small Intestine meridians to clear heat, dry dampness, purge fire, remove toxins and stop bleeding. Paeonia lends further support to the chief action. Among the assistants, Dong’e Ejiao (Dong-e E-jiao) (nourish blood, stop bleeding and moisten the lung) while eggs (Ji-dan) (nourish yin, moisten dryness and tonify the body). Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Working as one, the formula clear heart heat, reduce internal fire, relieve restlessness, calm the mind, thereby targeting the insomnia pattern that underlies the complaint.

Coptis, Ejiao, and Egg Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heart heat, reduces internal fire, relieves restlessness, and calms the mind. Suitable for insomnia caused by excessive heart fire.

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