White Tiger Decoction

Functions: clears Qi level Heat, drains Stomach Fire, generates fluids, relieves thirst

Composition:

Indications: Four Bigs (fever, sweat, pulse, thirst), irritability, headache.  This is the Excess Heat in the Yangming stage, or Qi level, *the presence of thirst is an indicator that the pathogen has not reached deeper levels (Ying, Xue).  This invasive powerful disorder quite often happens in people of good health.  This is an interior disease so the presence of chills is not present.  One may even see toothaches and bleeding gums if the Yangming Heat has traveled upward along the meridian. T: red, yellow coat; P: flooding, rapid.

References:

Shang Han Lun