Chicken Heart and Sour Jujube Decoction，From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 37 of *Wai Tai*.，Take this decoction when there is excessive yang after stone removal, fever due to kidney deficiency, prolonged fasting, empty heat in the stomach, uncontrollable appetite, qi entering the hundred vessels, or severe heart deficiency causing mental instability.
Chicken Heart and Sour Jujube Decoction
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Formulas Name : Chicken Heart and Sour Jujube Decoction
Chinese Name : 鸡心酸枣汤
Drug Formulation
10 chicken hearts, half a sheng of sour jujubes, 1 liang of ginseng, 2 liang of Poria cocos (processed), 2 liang of peony root, 2 liang of white薇, 2 liang of fried trichosanthes fruit, 2 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 2 liang of fried licorice, 2 liang of Trichosanthes kirilowii, and 8 liang of raw rehmannia root.
Source
From *Gujin Luyan*, cited in Volume 37 of *Wai Tai*.
Processing
Cut the ingredients as directed.
Benefits
Take this decoction when there is excessive yang after stone removal, fever due to kidney deficiency, prolonged fasting, empty heat in the stomach, uncontrollable appetite, qi entering the hundred vessels, or severe heart deficiency causing mental instability.
Instructions for Use
Boil the herbs in 1 dou of water until half-cooked, add the chicken hearts, and simmer until reduced to 3 sheng. Divide the decoction into three doses and take them cold.
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Chicken Heart and Sour Jujube Decoction,Take this decoction when there is excessive yang after stone removal, fever due to kidney deficiency, prolonged fasting, empty heat in the stomach, uncontrollable appetite, qi entering the hundred vessels, or severe heart deficiency causing mental instability.