Yinchenhao Decoction

傷寒論

-- Yangming disease: if there is fever and sweating, this means heat has escaped outward, and jaundice cannot occur. If there is only head sweating and no body sweating, extending only to the neck and then stopping, difficult urination, and thirst with desire to drink water, this means static heat is in the interior; the body will certainly become jaundiced; Yinchenhao Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)) -- Cold damage for seven or eight days, with body yellow like the color of an orange, difficult urination, and slight abdominal fullness, Yinchenhao Tang governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)) -- Grain jaundice as a disease: chills and fever, no appetite; eating immediately causes dizziness, uneasiness in the heart and chest; after a long time jaundice develops, becoming grain jaundice; Yinchenhao Tang governs it. (Jin Gui Yao Lue (Essential Prescriptions of the Golden Cabinet))

Yinchenhao (Artemisia capillaris) 6 liang, gardenia 14 pieces, rhubarb 2 liang. For the above three ingredients, use 1 dou of water; first boil Yinchenhao until reduced by 6 sheng; add the other two ingredients and boil to obtain 3 sheng; remove dregs; divide into three warm doses. (Shang Han Za Bing Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases))

For the above three ingredients, use 1 dou 2 sheng of water; first boil Yinchen until reduced by 6 sheng; add the two ingredients; boil to obtain 3 sheng; remove dregs; divide into three doses (modern usage: decoct in water and take).

湯劑

Clear heat, drain dampness, and resolve jaundice.

Damp-heat jaundice, with yellowing of the entire body, face, and eyes, bright in color like an orange, slight abdominal fullness, thirst in the mouth, difficult urination, yellow greasy tongue coating, deep and excess or slippery and rapid pulse.

If there is yang deficiency, with a pale, enlarged tongue with teeth marks and a slippery, watery coating: add prepared aconite: 10, dried ginger: 10. -- Aversion to cold and fever: add Chaihu: 15, Huangqin: 10. -- Severe jaundice: add Huzhang: 10, Pugongying: 10.

Contraindicated in jaundice due to damp-cold.