Three Yellow Heart-Draining Decoction

金匱要略

-- When heart qi is insufficient, with vomiting of blood and nosebleed, Xiexin Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Dahuang (Rhubarb) 2 liang, Huanglian (Coptis) 1 liang, Huangqin (Scutellaria) 1 liang. With water 3 sheng, boil to reduce to 1 sheng, take in one dose. In modern usage, decoct in water and take in three divided doses per day. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun)

The above three ingredients, with water 3 sheng, boil to reduce to 1 sheng, take in one dose.

湯劑

Drain fire and resolve glomus.

Heart and stomach fire blazing, forcing blood to move recklessly, leading to vomiting blood and nosebleed, constipation; or accumulated heat in the Triple Burner (San Jiao), red eyes, mouth ulcers; or external sores and swellings (carbuncles) that belong to intense heat toxin.

If there is yang deficiency, with a pale, white, swollen, enlarged tongue with tooth marks and a slippery, watery coating: add prepared aconite 10, dried ginger 10. -- If there is thirst and dry heat: add gypsum 15, zhimu (Anemarrhena) 10. -- If the fingers are Slightly cold, with aversion to cold or accompanied by lethargy, often dozing off during meals: add prepared aconite 10.

When used to stop bleeding, it must be taken cold.