Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Yang Yin Qing Re Zhong Yao - 養陰清热重药 - Important Medicine To Nourish Yin And Clear Heat

English: Important Medicine to Nourish Yin and Clear Heat
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 15-60g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst and clears Blazing Stomach Fire.
With Zhi Mu, for High fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6-12g Clears Heat from the Qi Stage, from the Lungs and from the Stomach,drains Fire, nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
Rz. Polygonati Odorati Yu Zhu 6-30g Nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness, moistens the Lungs, nourishes the Stomach and generate fluids.

Formula Actions

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears Stomach Heat

Syndromes

  • Yin Deficiency with Stomach Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • No appetite or
  • Famished but with no desire to eat
  • Abdominal distention after meals
  • Dry stools
  • Irritability with low grade fever
  • Maybe dry retching or
  • Hiccups
  • Burning Heat and pain in the epigastrium
  • Irritating thirst: drinks copious fluids and prefers cold drinks
  • Excessive appetite: hungry again quickly after eating (as if food vanishes)
  • Swelling, pain, ulceration and bleeding of gums
  • Foul breath
  • Toothache
  • Maybe vomiting right after eating
  • Vomiting acid or undigested food
  • Constipation
  • Maybe scanty, red urine
  • T: Red
  • C: Little and dry or Thick, yellow and dry
  • P: Thready and rapid or Slippery, big, Excess and rapid

Treats

  • Early-stage Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • Hyperthyroidism

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.