Effect
Clear heat and purge fire, replenish qi and promote the secretion of saliva or body fluid.
Ingredients
Gypsum Fibrosum (Shigao) 30~45 g,
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu) 18 g,
Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata (Zhigancao) 6 g,
Semen Oryzae Sativae(Jingmi) 12 g.
Radix Ginseng (Ren shen) 9 g.
Explanation
Shi Gao: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, purging heat in the lung and stomach, eliminating vexation.
Zhi Mu: Purging heat in the lung and stomach, being moisture in nature to moisten dryness.
Gan Cao and Jing Mi: Benifiting the stomach, protecting body fluids from being impaired, letting prescriptions very cold in nature not injure the spleen and stomach.
Ren Shen: Powerfully reinforcing original qi, tonifying zang-organ qi, promoting the generation of body fluid to alleviate thirst.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken thrice.