Haoqin Qingdan Tang (Sweet Wormwood and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gallbladder)

重訂通俗傷寒論

Qing Hao 6 g, Zhu Ru 9 g, Ban Xia 5 g, Chi Fu Ling 9 g, Huang Qin 9 g, Zhi Ke 5 g, Chen Pi 5 g, Hua Shi 6 g, Gan Cao 1 g, Qing Dai 3 g.

Decoct in water; take warm after breakfast and dinner.

湯劑

Clear gallbladder and disinhibit dampness, harmonize the stomach and Resolve Phlegm.

Shaoyang Damp-heat pattern. Symptoms include alternating chills and fever like malaria, with mild chills and severe fever, bitter taste in the mouth and stuffiness in the diaphragm, vomiting sour and bitter water, or vomiting sticky yellow drool, and in severe cases dry vomiting and hiccup, distending pain in the chest and hypochondrium, scanty yellow urine, red tongue with white greasy or yellow greasy coating, and a rapid pulse that is slippery on the right and wiry on the left.

For severe dampness: add Huo Xiang:6, Yi Yi Ren:9, Bai Dou Kou:6. -- For difficult urination: add Che Qian Zi:6, Ze Xie:9, Tong Cao:6.