Effect
Nourishing Yin, removing heat, moistening dryness, inducing laxation.
Indications
Insufficiency of body fluids, constipation or reoccurrence of the following symptoms
2-3 days after defecation, all due to febrile disease of Yangming, marked by
constipation, thirst, reddened and dry tongue, and deep feeble pulse, including such
diseases with the above symptoms as intestinal tuberculosis, Hemorrhoids, irritable
colon, chronic pancreatitis, etc.
Ingredients
Radix Scrophulariae (Xuanshen) 30 g,
Liriope graminifoia (Maidong) 24 g,
Radix Rehmanniae (Shengdihuang) 24 g.
Explanation
Xuan Shen: The principal drug in larger dose, nourishing Yin, promoting the production
of body fluids, moistening dryness, removing heat.
Mai Dong: Promoting the production of body fluids to moisten dryness.
Sheng Di: Nourishing Yin and removing heat.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.