Chaihu-Lingjiao Decoction

Chaihu-Lingjiao Decoction,For women with warm disease and fever who have just ceased menstruating, with Shaoyang energy sinking into the Yangming and Jueyin channels: they are lucid during the day but experience delirium at night, and may even lose consciousness; they have a dry tongue, foul breath, constipation, and scanty urine.

Formulas Name : Chaihu-Lingjiao Decoction

Chinese Name : 柴胡羚角汤

Drug Formulation

2 qian of soft-shelled turtle blood and Bupleurum, 2 qian of Angelica sinensis root tip, 1 qian of Carthamus tinctorius, 3 qian of Biyu Powder (decocted separately), 3 qian of antelope horn slices (decocted first), 9 peach kernels, 1.5 qian of small green peel, 1 qian of stir-fried Sichuan turtle shell, 1 qian of Jilin ginseng, and 3 qian of vinegar-stir-fried raw Jinwen.

Source

From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.

Benefits

For women with warm disease and fever who have just ceased menstruating, with Shaoyang energy sinking into the Yangming and Jueyin channels: they are lucid during the day but experience delirium at night, and may even lose consciousness; they have a dry tongue, foul breath, constipation, and scanty urine.

Instructions for Use

Mix in 1 qian of ox-gall paste just before taking the decoction.

Chaihu-Lingjiao Decoction,From *Revised Popular Treatise on Cold Damage*, Volume 2.,For women with warm disease and fever who have just ceased menstruating, with Shaoyang energy sinking into the Yangming and Jueyin channels: they are lucid during the day but experience delirium at night, and may even lose consciousness; they have a dry tongue, foul breath, constipation, and scanty urine.

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