White Tiger Decoction with Atractylodes

White Tiger Decoction with Atractylodes,Damp-heat diseases: fever with chest fullness, profuse sweating, red tongue, and a white, greasy coating; damp-heat with coldness in both lower legs, fullness in the chest and abdomen, profuse sweating, headache and eye pain, delirium, and a pulse that is soft and weak in the Yang position and small and taut in the Yin position; typhoid fever that does not resolve after sweating, with a floating pulse; damp-heat with aversion to cold, high fever, thirst, and pain throughout the body, with a deep and fine pulse;Damp-heat syndrome: high fever, thirst, spontaneous sweating, heaviness of the body, chest fullness, and a pulse that is洪大而长; rashes accompanied by restlessness, fever, thirst, and diarrhea.

Formulas Name : White Tiger Decoction with Atractylodes

Chinese Name : 白虎加苍术汤

Drug Formulation

Anemarrhena rhizome 6 liang, licorice (roasted) 2 liang, gypsum 1 jin, Atractylodes rhizome 3 liang, glutinous rice 3 liang.

Source

*The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 18.

Processing

Coarsely chop the ingredients into pieces the size of sesame seeds or beans.

Benefits

Damp-heat diseases: fever with chest fullness, profuse sweating, red tongue, and a white, greasy coating; damp-heat with coldness in both lower legs, fullness in the chest and abdomen, profuse sweating, headache and eye pain, delirium, and a pulse that is soft and weak in the Yang position and small and taut in the Yin position; typhoid fever that does not resolve after sweating, with a floating pulse; damp-heat with aversion to cold, high fever, thirst, and pain throughout the body, with a deep and fine pulse;Damp-heat syndrome: high fever, thirst, spontaneous sweating, heaviness of the body, chest fullness, and a pulse that is洪大而长; rashes accompanied by restlessness, fever, thirst, and diarrhea.

Instructions for Use

Take 5 qian per dose; add 1.5 zhan of water, decoct until reduced to 8–9 fen, strain out the residue, and take 6 fen of the clear decoction while warm.

White Tiger Decoction with Atractylodes,*The Book of Saving Lives*, Volume 18.,Damp-heat diseases: fever with chest fullness, profuse sweating, red tongue, and a white, greasy coating; damp-heat with coldness in both lower legs, fullness in the chest and abdomen, profuse sweating, headache and eye pain, delirium, and a pulse that is soft and weak in the Yang position and small and taut in the Yin position; typhoid fever that does not resolve after sweating, with a floating pulse; damp-heat with aversion to cold, high fever, thirst, and pain throughout the body, with a deep and fine pulse;Damp-heat syndrome: high fever, thirst, spontaneous sweating, heaviness of the body, chest fullness, and a pulse that is洪大而长; rashes accompanied by restlessness, fever, thirst, and diarrhea.

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