Honeysuckle and Coix Seed Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and transforms dampness. Indicated for spontaneous sweating of the damp-heat pattern, manifested as spontaneous or night sweats that are profuse, yellow in color, and have a strong odor, accompanied by a thin, greasy tongue coating and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Honeysuckle and Coix Seed Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Honeysuckle and Coix Seed Decoction
Chinese Name: 金银花薏苡仁饮
Formula
20 grams of honeysuckle, 20 grams of coix seed, 30 grams of reed root, 20 grams of winter melon seeds, and 10 grams of peach kernels.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Soak the herbs in cold water for half an hour, add water, and decoct for 40 minutes; strain to remove the residue and retain the liquid.
Efficacy
Clears heat and transforms dampness. Indicated for spontaneous sweating of the damp-heat pattern, manifested as spontaneous or night sweats that are profuse, yellow in color, and have a strong odor, accompanied by a thin, greasy tongue coating and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Usage
Take one dose in the morning and one in the evening.
Commentary
Honeysuckle (Jin-yin-hua) assumes the leading (chief) role. Sweet-cold in property, it channels into the Lung, Heart, Stomach meridians, and works to clear heat and remove toxins, disperse wind-heat. Coix seed (Yi-yi-ren) acts as the deputy ingredient, sweet, bland-cool in property, acting through the Spleen, Stomach, Lung meridians to clear damp-heat and strengthen the spleen. Reed root (Lu-gen) reinforces this deputy action, working to clear heat, generate fluids and promote urination. Winter melon seeds (Dong-gua-zi) (clear lung heat, transforms phlegm and expel pus), joined by peach kernels (Tao-ren) (activate blood, resolve stasis and moisten the intestines), handle subsidiary symptoms and temper the main action. Without a separate harmonizing herb, the herbal tea formula balance is achieved through the mutual tempering of its active ingredients. Collectively, the combination clear heat and transforms dampness, addressing the damp-heat and heat pattern responsible for spontaneous or night sweats that are profuse, yellow in color.