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Ginger Decoction for Clearing Heart Heat

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Ginger Decoction for Clearing Heart Heat,Used for cases of typhoid fever following sweating, where stomach yang is deficient, fluid retention occurs internally, resulting in epigastric fullness and hardness, intestinal rumbling, and loose stools; as well as for pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, and dysentery with refusal to eat. Currently used for conditions such as gastric ptosis, gastric distension, and chronic gastritis attributed to deficient stomach yang and internal fluid retention.

Formulas Name : Ginger Decoction for Clearing Heart Heat

Chinese Name : 生姜泻心汤

Drug Formulation

4 liang of ginger (sliced), 3 liang of licorice (roasted), 3 liang of ginseng, 1 liang of dried ginger, 3 liang of scutellaria, half a sheng of pinellia (washed), 1 liang of coptis, and 12 jujubes (split).

Source

From *Treatise on Cold Damage*.

Benefits

Used for cases of typhoid fever following sweating, where stomach yang is deficient, fluid retention occurs internally, resulting in epigastric fullness and hardness, intestinal rumbling, and loose stools; as well as for pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, and dysentery with refusal to eat. Currently used for conditions such as gastric ptosis, gastric distension, and chronic gastritis attributed to deficient stomach yang and internal fluid retention.

Instructions for Use

Boil with 1 dou of water until reduced to 6 sheng; strain out the residue; boil down again to 3 sheng; take 1 sheng while warm, three times daily.

Ginger Decoction for Clearing Heart Heat,From *Treatise on Cold Damage*.,Used for cases of typhoid fever following sweating, where stomach yang is deficient, fluid retention occurs internally, resulting in epigastric fullness and hardness, intestinal rumbling, and loose stools; as well as for pregnancy-related nausea and vomiting, and dysentery with refusal to eat. Currently used for conditions such as gastric ptosis, gastric distension, and chronic gastritis attributed to deficient stomach yang and internal fluid retention.

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