Effect
Alleviating asthenic fever and removing bone-heat.
Indications
Syndrome due to bone-heat resulting from consumption or prolonged low fever; including tuberculosis and hematopathy.
Ingredients
Radix Stellariae (Yinchaihu)">Radix Stellariae (Yinchaihu) 10 g,
Rhizoma Picrorrhizae (Huhuanglian) 6 g,
Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae (Qinjiao)">Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae (Qinjiao) 6 g,
Carapax Trionycis (Biejia) 6 g,
Cortex Lycii (Digupi) 6 g,
Herba Artemisiae Annuae (Qinghao) 6 g,
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae (Zhimu) 6 g,
Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao) 4 g.
Explanation
Yin Chai Hu: The principal drug, being sweet in flavor and slightly cold in nature and good at clearing away bone-heat due to consumption.
Zhi Mu, Hu Huang Lian and Di Gu Pi: Being good at reducing asthenia-type fever and removing bone-heat with sweat.
Bie Jia: Nourishing Yin and suppressing hyperactive Yang to reduce asthenia-type fever.
Qing Hao and Qin Jiao: Dispelling bone-heat without sweat.
Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Administration
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice (Taken originally in the form of powder)