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Dongyuan’s Decoction for Clearing Summer Heat and Tonifying Qi

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Dongyuan’s Decoction for Clearing Summer Heat and Tonifying Qi,For patterns of damp-heat where damp-heat has injured the qi, presenting with fatigue in the limbs, diminished vitality, fever with a high pulse, restlessness, yellow urine, thirst, spontaneous sweating, and a weak pulse. Characterized by profuse sweating, restlessness, and thirst, with a large yet weak pulse.

Formulas Name : Dongyuan’s Decoction for Clearing Summer Heat and Tonifying Qi

Chinese Name : 东垣清暑益气汤

Drug Formulation

American ginseng, Dendrobium, Ophiopogon, Coptis, bamboo leaves, lotus stalk, Anemarrhena, licorice, japonica rice, and watermelon rind.

Source

The formula is from Volume 4 of *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*; its name is cited in *Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.

Benefits

For patterns of damp-heat where damp-heat has injured the qi, presenting with fatigue in the limbs, diminished vitality, fever with a high pulse, restlessness, yellow urine, thirst, spontaneous sweating, and a weak pulse. Characterized by profuse sweating, restlessness, and thirst, with a large yet weak pulse.

Dongyuan’s Decoction for Clearing Summer Heat and Tonifying Qi,The formula is from Volume 4 of *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*; its name is cited in *Lecture Notes on Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas*.,For patterns of damp-heat where damp-heat has injured the qi, presenting with fatigue in the limbs, diminished vitality, fever with a high pulse, restlessness, yellow urine, thirst, spontaneous sweating, and a weak pulse. Characterized by profuse sweating, restlessness, and thirst, with a large yet weak pulse.

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