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Cooling and Resolving Decoction

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Cooling and Resolving Decoction,For warm diseases where fever is felt both externally and internally, with a pulse that is both洪 and 浮.

Formulas Name : Cooling and Resolving Decoction

Chinese Name : 凉解汤

Drug Formulation

3 qian of mint leaves, 2 qian of cicada exoskeletons (with legs and soil removed), 1 liang of raw gypsum (finely ground), and 1 qian 5 fen of licorice.

Source

From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.

Benefits

For warm diseases where fever is felt both externally and internally, with a pulse that is both洪 and 浮.

Cooling and Resolving Decoction,From *Integrating Chinese and Western Medicine*, Volume 1.,For warm diseases where fever is felt both externally and internally, with a pulse that is both洪 and 浮.

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