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Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Dispelling Summer-Heat

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Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Dispelling Summer-Heat,Summer-heat and dampness, manifested as high fever throughout the body, headache, thirst, a scorched-yellow tongue coating, severe constipation, red and scanty urine, possibly accompanied by lower back pain or a sensation of fullness and stagnation in the abdomen with a desire to vomit; in severe cases, mental confusion and delirium, a scorched-black tongue coating, with symptoms persisting day and night.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Dispelling Summer-Heat

Chinese Name : 救阴逐暑饮

Drug Formulation

3 qian of rhubarb, 3.5 qian of ophiopogon, 1.5 qian of bamboo leaves, 2 qian of raw gardenia, 4 qian of scutellaria, 0.8 fen of coptis, 3 qian of talc, 1.5 qian of apricot kernels, 2 qian of pollen, 0.4 fen of artemisia, 1.5 qian of forsythia, 3 qian of scrophularia, 1 qian of borax.

Source

From *Guide to Autumn Malaria*, Volume 2.

Benefits

Summer-heat and dampness, manifested as high fever throughout the body, headache, thirst, a scorched-yellow tongue coating, severe constipation, red and scanty urine, possibly accompanied by lower back pain or a sensation of fullness and stagnation in the abdomen with a desire to vomit; in severe cases, mental confusion and delirium, a scorched-black tongue coating, with symptoms persisting day and night.

Instructions for Use

Decoct with 2 bowls of water until reduced to 1 bowl, then take it.

Decoction for Nourishing Yin and Dispelling Summer-Heat,From *Guide to Autumn Malaria*, Volume 2.,Summer-heat and dampness, manifested as high fever throughout the body, headache, thirst, a scorched-yellow tongue coating, severe constipation, red and scanty urine, possibly accompanied by lower back pain or a sensation of fullness and stagnation in the abdomen with a desire to vomit; in severe cases, mental confusion and delirium, a scorched-black tongue coating, with symptoms persisting day and night.

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