[Source]

“Yi Zhen Yi De”

 [Composition]

Raw Gypsum Fibrosum, small Rehmannia Root, genuine Rhinoceros Horn, true Sichuan Coptis Rhizome, raw Gardenia Fruit, Platycodon Root, Scutellaria Root, Anemarrhena Rhizome, Red Peony Root, Scrophularia Root, Forsythia Fruit, Bamboo Leaf, Licorice Root, Moutan Cortex
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 [Classification]

<Clearing Heat and Cooling Blood>: Moutan Cortex, genuine Rhinoceros Horn, Forsythia Fruit, small Rehmannia Root

<Tonifying Spleen and Middle Jiao>: Licorice Root

<Clearing Heat and Drying Dampness>: true Sichuan Coptis Rhizome, Scutellaria Root

<Invigorating Blood and Removing Stasis>: Red Peony Root

<Transforming Phlegm>: Platycodon Root

<Clearing Heat and Draining Fire>: Bamboo Leaf, Raw Gypsum Fibrosum, Scrophularia Root, Anemarrhena Rhizome, Raw Gardenia Fruit

[Actions]

Clears heat and resolves toxins, cools blood and drains fire.

 [Indications]

All types of heat-fire syndromes. Symptoms include high fever, vexation, thirst with dry heaving, splitting headache, delirium, or macules, spitting blood, or epistaxis, red tongue, chapped lips, and a deep, fine, and rapid pulse, or a deep and rapid pulse, or a floating, large, and rapid pulse.

 [Applications]

Japanese encephalitis, hemorrhagic fever, and other conditions with symptoms of overwhelming heat and toxins.

 [Mnemonic]

Clearing heat can clear plague — Gao Zhi Xuan’s grandmother diligently smiled and flattered (Gypsum, Gardenia, Scrophularia, Bamboo, Anemarrhena, Scutellaria, Rehmannia, Rhinoceros Horn, Moutan, Forsythia), urgency (Licorice, Red Peony, Platycodon).