Source: Wenbing Tiaobian (Treatise on Differentiation and Treatment of Seasonal Febrile Diseases).

Ingredients:
No. 1  Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) 18 g;
No. 2  Gandihuang (Radix Rehmanniae) 18 g;
No. 3  Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis) 18 g;
No. 4  Guiban (Plastrum Testudinis) 12 g;
No. 5  Biejia (Carapax Trionycis) 12 g;
No. 6  Muli (Concha Ostreae) 12 g;
No. 7  Zhigancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparatae) 12g;
No. 8  Ejiao (Colla Corii Asini) (melted) 9 g;
No. 9  Humaren (Semen Lini) 6 g;
No. 10  Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae) 6 g;
No. 1I  Jizihuang (fresh yolk) 2.
 
Administration:
Decoct the above drugs except No. 8 and No. 11 in water, then remove the residue from the decoction and dissolve No. 8 in it; put No. 11 into it and stir evenly before it is taken warm.
 
Actions: Nourishing yin and subduing wind.
 
Clinical Application:
This recipe is indicated for stirring endogenous wind due to yin deficiency, marked by lassitude and clonic convulsion at later stage of febrile diseases, feeble pulse, deep-red tongue with little fur, susceptibility to prostration. It is applicable to epidemic encephalitis B, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, and others that belong to severe impairment of yin fluid and stirring-up of deficiency-wind during the recovery period of febrile diseases.
 
Elucidation:
The syndrome is caused by impairment of genuine yin due to protracted febrile diseases, or extreme deficiency of genuine yin due to erroneous application of diaphoretic or purgative methods. These cause malnutrition of the liver-meridians and deficiency-wind to stir in the interior. It should be treated by nourishing yin and subduing wind. No. 8 and No. 11 function as monarch drugs to nourish yin and expel endogenous wind. No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 are capable of nourishing yin and the liver and No. 4 and No. 5 nourishing yin and suppressing yang, all playing the role of minister drugs.

Both monarch and minister drugs, strong in flavor and greasy in nature, are used for nourishing yin, suppressing yang and dispelling wind. Acting as adjuvant drugs, No. 9 has the function of nourishing yin and moistening dryness, No. 6 subduing wind and suppressing yang, while No. 10 in combination No. 7, sour and sweet in nature, can increase yin fluid so as to strengthen the effect of nourishing yin and subduing wind. No. 7 also serves as guiding drug to mediate the properties of other drugs.

Cautions:
This recipe aims chiefly to replenish yin, thus it is contraindicated for yin deficiency with prevalence of excessive heat.