Effect
Nourishing Yin and blood, removing bone-heat.
Indications
Consumptive syndrome due to pathogenic wind, marked by bone-heat sensation, night sweating, emaciation, reddish lips and cheeks, tidal fever after noon, cough, lassitude, reddened tongue with little coating, and feeble rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as lung tuberculosis and bone tuberculosis.
Ingredients
Cortex Lycii (Digupi) 12 g,
Radix Bupleuri (Chaihu) 9 g,
Carapax Trionycis (Biejia) 15 g,
Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae (Qinjiao)">Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae (Qinjiao) 12 g,
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu) 9 g,
Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui) 9 g,
?Qing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Annuae) 6 g,
Fructus Mume (Wumei) 3 g.
Explanation
Bie Jia: One of the principal drugs, being salty in taste and cold in nature, nourishing Yin and removing heat.
Qin Jiao: The other principal drug, being bitter and pungent in flavor and slightly cold in nature, clearing away bone-heat.
Zhi Mu, Qing Hao and Di Gu Pi: Dispersing heat in the interior to eliminate bone-heat.
Dang Gui: Tonifying and coordinating blood.
Chai Hu: Dispelling wind pathogens from the superficies of the body.
Wu Mei: Astringing Yin to stop sweating.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice (Taken originally in the form of powder)