Decoction for Clearing Heat and Consolidating the Meridians

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Consolidating the Meridians,Syndrome of deficiency-heat complicated by kidney yin deficiency, characterized by heavy metrorrhagia and menorrhagia with a deep red color, which increases by dusk each day; occasionally accompanied by flushed cheeks, emaciation, dry and withered skin, dizziness, tinnitus, or deafness; dryness or soreness in the throat; soreness and cracking of the mouth and tongue; loose teeth or gum pain; afternoon hot flashes; bone heat and aching; burning sensation in the palms; palpitations and restlessness;restless sleep at night, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, heel pain, nocturnal sexual dreams, or accompanied by leukorrhea, dry stools, yellow and scanty urine; the tongue is red with fissures and twists, the tongue coating is mottled and peeling; the pulse is deficient and rapid, and the pulse at the cun position is deficient and large.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Clearing Heat and Consolidating the Meridians

Chinese Name : 清热固经汤

Drug Formulation

Roasted Turtle Plastron 8 qian (coarsely ground, decocted first), Oyster Shell Powder 5 qian (decocted in a separate pouch), Clear Donkey-Hide Gelatin 5 qian (stewed in aged wine and added to the decoction), Raw Rehmannia Root 5 qian, Lycium Bark 5 qian, Charred Gardenia Fruit 3 qian, Raw Scutellaria Root 3 qian, Sliced Phellodendron Bark 5 qian, Charred Areca Nut 3 qian, Raw Lotus Root Nodes 5 qian, Raw Licorice Root 8 fen.

Source

*Concise Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.

Benefits

Syndrome of deficiency-heat complicated by kidney yin deficiency, characterized by heavy metrorrhagia and menorrhagia with a deep red color, which increases by dusk each day; occasionally accompanied by flushed cheeks, emaciation, dry and withered skin, dizziness, tinnitus, or deafness; dryness or soreness in the throat; soreness and cracking of the mouth and tongue; loose teeth or gum pain; afternoon hot flashes; bone heat and aching; burning sensation in the palms; palpitations and restlessness;restless sleep at night, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, heel pain, nocturnal sexual dreams, or accompanied by leukorrhea, dry stools, yellow and scanty urine; the tongue is red with fissures and twists, the tongue coating is mottled and peeling; the pulse is deficient and rapid, and the pulse at the cun position is deficient and large.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water, divide into two doses, and take warm between meals.

Decoction for Clearing Heat and Consolidating the Meridians,*Concise Gynecology of Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,Syndrome of deficiency-heat complicated by kidney yin deficiency, characterized by heavy metrorrhagia and menorrhagia with a deep red color, which increases by dusk each day; occasionally accompanied by flushed cheeks, emaciation, dry and withered skin, dizziness, tinnitus, or deafness; dryness or soreness in the throat; soreness and cracking of the mouth and tongue; loose teeth or gum pain; afternoon hot flashes; bone heat and aching; burning sensation in the palms; palpitations and restlessness;restless sleep at night, soreness and weakness in the lower back and knees, heel pain, nocturnal sexual dreams, or accompanied by leukorrhea, dry stools, yellow and scanty urine; the tongue is red with fissures and twists, the tongue coating is mottled and peeling; the pulse is deficient and rapid, and the pulse at the cun position is deficient and large.

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