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Zengye Decoction,Yangming warm disease, deficiency of body fluids, severe constipation, thirst, dry and red tongue, pulse fine and slightly rapid or deep and weak.

Formulas Name : Zengye Decoction

Chinese Name : 增液汤

Drug Formulation

1 liang Scrophularia root, 8 qian Ophiopogon tuber (with core), 8 qian raw Rehmannia root.

Source

*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.

Benefits

Yangming warm disease, deficiency of body fluids, severe constipation, thirst, dry and red tongue, pulse fine and slightly rapid or deep and weak.

Instructions for Use

Boil with 8 cups of water until reduced to 3 cups; administer the entire decoction when the patient feels thirsty; do not prepare another dose unless necessary.

Zengye Decoction,*Treatise on Warm Diseases* (Wen Bing Tiao Bian), Volume 2.,Yangming warm disease, deficiency of body fluids, severe constipation, thirst, dry and red tongue, pulse fine and slightly rapid or deep and weak.

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