Throat-Clearing Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction，*A Brief Treatise on Epidemic Sore Throat*，Dispels exterior pathogens and clears heat; clears the throat and eliminates toxins. Initial symptoms include aversion to cold and fever, followed by high fever and thirst; the throat is red, swollen, and painful, and may even ulcerate; a faint rash may appear on the skin; the tongue coating is white, possibly with pearl-like protrusions; the tongue is red; and the pulse is rapid.
Throat-Clearing Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction
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Formulas Name : Throat-Clearing Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction
Chinese Name : 清咽栀豉汤
Drug Formulation
9g Gardenia, 9g Lightly Fermented Soybeans, 9g Honeysuckle, 3g Peppermint, 9g Burdock Seed, 3g Fried Licorice, 3g Cicada Shed, 6g Stiff Silkworm, 6g Water Buffalo Horn, 9g Forsythia, 6g Platycodon, 6g Puffball, 30g Reed Root,3 g of lampwick, 3 g of light bamboo leaves.
Source
*A Brief Treatise on Epidemic Sore Throat*
Benefits
Dispels exterior pathogens and clears heat; clears the throat and eliminates toxins. Initial symptoms include aversion to cold and fever, followed by high fever and thirst; the throat is red, swollen, and painful, and may even ulcerate; a faint rash may appear on the skin; the tongue coating is white, possibly with pearl-like protrusions; the tongue is red; and the pulse is rapid.
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Throat-Clearing Gardenia and Fermented Soybean Decoction,Dispels exterior pathogens and clears heat; clears the throat and eliminates toxins. Initial symptoms include aversion to cold and fever, followed by high fever and thirst; the throat is red, swollen, and painful, and may even ulcerate; a faint rash may appear on the skin; the tongue coating is white, possibly with pearl-like protrusions; the tongue is red; and the pulse is rapid.