Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction，Formula from *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*, citing *Xue Shengbai’s Treatise on Damp-Heat Diseases*; name found in *Methods for Treating Damp-Warm Epidemics*.，For cases of damp-heat syndrome where, several days after the initial symptoms, the damp-heat has subsided but residual pathogenic factors still obscure the clear yang, resulting in impaired stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a sensation of hunger without the desire to eat. Also applicable to cases of cold damage or warm-heat diseases where yang is stagnant and externally blocked.
Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction
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Formulas Name : Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction
Chinese Name : 五叶芦根汤
Drug Formulation
Agastache leaves, peppermint leaves, fresh lotus leaves, loquat leaves, agastache leaves, reed root, winter melon seeds.
Source
Formula from *The Meridians and Collaterals of Warm-Heat Diseases*, citing *Xue Shengbai’s Treatise on Damp-Heat Diseases*; name found in *Methods for Treating Damp-Warm Epidemics*.
Benefits
For cases of damp-heat syndrome where, several days after the initial symptoms, the damp-heat has subsided but residual pathogenic factors still obscure the clear yang, resulting in impaired stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a sensation of hunger without the desire to eat. Also applicable to cases of cold damage or warm-heat diseases where yang is stagnant and externally blocked.
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Five-Leaf Reed Root Decoction,For cases of damp-heat syndrome where, several days after the initial symptoms, the damp-heat has subsided but residual pathogenic factors still obscure the clear yang, resulting in impaired stomach qi, mild epigastric fullness, and a sensation of hunger without the desire to eat. Also applicable to cases of cold damage or warm-heat diseases where yang is stagnant and externally blocked.