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Xu, Yin with
Wind Cold |
Qin Jiao Bie Jia San |
秦
艽
鱉
甲
散 |
Chin Chiu and
Turtle Shell
Function: enriches Yin, nourishes blood,
clears Heat, relieve steaming bone
Composition:
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Chai Hu
|
Radix bupleuri
|
30g
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Zhi Bie Jia
|
Honey fried carapax
amydae sinensis
|
30g
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Di Gu Pi
|
Cortex lycii radicis
|
30g
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Qin Jiao
|
Radix gentianae qinjiao
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15g
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Dang Gui |
Radix
angelicae sinensis |
15g |
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Zhi Mu |
Radix
anemarrhenae asphodeloidis |
15g |
- Taken in powder form as a
draft with a small handful of qing hao and one piece of
wu mei.
- Bie jia must first be
dissolved for an hour, then decocted with the remaining herbs.
Indications:
Preexisting yin
deficiency with wind cold which turns to head and hides in the
body, consuming more yin; or wind enters the body and consumes
yin. Symptoms include night sweats, afternoon fever or heat, or
blood-tinged sputum. T: red with scanty coat; P: thin rapid.
This condition
can also result from improper treatment of an external pathogenic
invasion on a patient with an pre-existing yin deficiency.
This is an
associated formula with qing
hao bie jia tang.
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