Qingying Decoction，From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 1).，For summer-heat or warm diseases where the pathogenic factor has entered the Hand Jueyin Meridian, presenting with a weak pulse; symptoms do not manifest at night; restlessness and thirst; a red tongue; occasional delirium; eyes that remain open and do not close, or a preference for keeping them closed; or for Yangming warm diseases where the pathogenic factor is in the blood division, presenting with a yellow, dry tongue, a crimson tongue body, and no thirst.When pathogenic heat first enters the Ying level, with fever worse at night, thirst or no thirst, occasional delirium, restlessness and insomnia, or faint rashes; the tongue is crimson and dry, and the pulse is fine and rapid.
Qingying Decoction
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Formulas Name : Qingying Decoction
Chinese Name : 清营汤
Drug Formulation
Rhinoceros Horn 3 qian, Raw Rehmannia 5 qian, Scrophularia 3 qian, Bamboo Leaf Heart 1 qian, Ophiopogon 3 qian, Salvia 2 qian, Coptis 1 qian 5 fen, Honeysuckle 3 qian, Forsythia 2 qian (use with the seed).
Source
From *Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Vol. 1).
Benefits
For summer-heat or warm diseases where the pathogenic factor has entered the Hand Jueyin Meridian, presenting with a weak pulse; symptoms do not manifest at night; restlessness and thirst; a red tongue; occasional delirium; eyes that remain open and do not close, or a preference for keeping them closed; or for Yangming warm diseases where the pathogenic factor is in the blood division, presenting with a yellow, dry tongue, a crimson tongue body, and no thirst.When pathogenic heat first enters the Ying level, with fever worse at night, thirst or no thirst, occasional delirium, restlessness and insomnia, or faint rashes; the tongue is crimson and dry, and the pulse is fine and rapid.
Instructions for Use
Boil 8 cups of water down to 3 cups; take 3 doses daily.
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Qingying Decoction,For summer-heat or warm diseases where the pathogenic factor has entered the Hand Jueyin Meridian, presenting with a weak pulse; symptoms do not manifest at night; restlessness and thirst; a red tongue; occasional delirium; eyes that remain open and do not close, or a preference for keeping them closed; or for Yangming warm diseases where the pathogenic factor is in the blood division, presenting with a yellow, dry tongue, a crimson tongue body, and no thirst.When pathogenic heat first enters the Ying level, with fever worse at night, thirst or no thirst, occasional delirium, restlessness and insomnia, or faint rashes; the tongue is crimson and dry, and the pulse is fine and rapid.