Decoction for Rescuing Yin and Regulating the Liver

Decoction for Rescuing Yin and Regulating the Liver,Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by high fever and thirst; a yellow or scorched-red tongue; convulsions; mental confusion and delirium; or cases where pathogenic factors have scorched the pericardium and the nutritive blood has already been depleted.

Formulas Name : Decoction for Rescuing Yin and Regulating the Liver

Chinese Name : 救阴平肝汤

Drug Formulation

Rhinoceros Horn, Forsythia, Fresh Acorus, Fresh Raw Rehmannia, Scrophularia, Antelope Horn, Uncaria, Honeysuckle Dew, and Zhibao Dan (to be dissolved and taken separately).

Source

Formula from *The Meridians and Lattices of Warm-Heat Diseases*, Volume 4; name cited in *Family Instructions on Laryngology*.

Benefits

Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by high fever and thirst; a yellow or scorched-red tongue; convulsions; mental confusion and delirium; or cases where pathogenic factors have scorched the pericardium and the nutritive blood has already been depleted.

Instructions for Use

Decoct in water and take orally.

Decoction for Rescuing Yin and Regulating the Liver,Formula from *The Meridians and Lattices of Warm-Heat Diseases*, Volume 4; name cited in *Family Instructions on Laryngology*.,Indicated for patterns of damp-heat characterized by high fever and thirst; a yellow or scorched-red tongue; convulsions; mental confusion and delirium; or cases where pathogenic factors have scorched the pericardium and the nutritive blood has already been depleted.

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