Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder，From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.，For yin deficiency and blood deficiency, where an external invasion of wind-pathogen transmits inward and transforms into heat, leading to wind-consumptive disease, bone-steaming fever and tidal fevers, emaciation of muscles and flesh, red lips and flushed cheeks, coarse breathing, mental fatigue and weakness, and night sweats. Amenorrhea. Heat steaming in muscles and bones, alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced cough, sallow and emaciated complexion, brittle hair and bad breath; or progression to chronic diarrhea caused by wind-pathogen stagnating in the meridians, resulting in blood stasis.
Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder
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Formulas Name : Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder
Chinese Name : 秦艽鳖甲散
Drug Formulation
1 liang of Bupleurum root, 1 liang of softshell turtle shell (with the skirt removed, fried in butter; use the nine-ribbed variety), 1 liang of Lycium bark, half a liang of Gentiana root, half a liang of Angelica root, and half a liang of Anemarrhena rhizome.
Source
From *The Precious Mirror of Health*, Volume 5.
Processing
Grind the above ingredients into a coarse powder.
Benefits
For yin deficiency and blood deficiency, where an external invasion of wind-pathogen transmits inward and transforms into heat, leading to wind-consumptive disease, bone-steaming fever and tidal fevers, emaciation of muscles and flesh, red lips and flushed cheeks, coarse breathing, mental fatigue and weakness, and night sweats. Amenorrhea. Heat steaming in muscles and bones, alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced cough, sallow and emaciated complexion, brittle hair and bad breath; or progression to chronic diarrhea caused by wind-pathogen stagnating in the meridians, resulting in blood stasis.
Instructions for Use
Take 5 qian per dose; add 5 leaves of Artemisia annua and 1 black plum to 1 zhan of water; decoct until reduced to 7 fen; strain; take warm on an empty stomach and before bedtime.
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Qinjiao-Turtle Shell Powder,For yin deficiency and blood deficiency, where an external invasion of wind-pathogen transmits inward and transforms into heat, leading to wind-consumptive disease, bone-steaming fever and tidal fevers, emaciation of muscles and flesh, red lips and flushed cheeks, coarse breathing, mental fatigue and weakness, and night sweats. Amenorrhea. Heat steaming in muscles and bones, alternating chills and fever, phlegm-induced cough, sallow and emaciated complexion, brittle hair and bad breath; or progression to chronic diarrhea caused by wind-pathogen stagnating in the meridians, resulting in blood stasis.