Decoction to Clear the Heart and Unblock the Diaphragm

證治準繩

Saposhnikovia (Fangfeng), Schizonepeta (Jingjie), Mint (Bohe), Platycodon (Jiegeng), Scutellaria (Huangqin), Coptis (Huanglian) (1.5 qian each), Gardenia (Shanzhi), Forsythia (Lianqiao), Scrophularia (Xuanshen), Rhubarb (Dahuang), Mirabilite (Poxiao), Arctium fruit (Niubangzi, fried and ground), Licorice (Gancao) (7 fen each). Two cupfuls of water, decoct to one cupful, take away from meals. (Zhengzhi Zhunsheng / Standards of Diagnosis and Treatment)

Boil six bowls of water down to two bowls; after meals, take one bowl warm each time.

湯劑

Dispel wind and Clear heat, promote qi flow and resolve toxin.

Fever and aversion to cold, headache, sore swollen throat, difficulty swallowing, restlessness, thirst with a desire for cold drinks, dark urine, constipation, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, caused by wind-heat pathogenic toxin congesting the lung and stomach.

Sore swollen throat: add Sophora tonkinensis (Shandougen): 6, Belamcanda rhizome (Shegan): 10. -- Qi heat and dry throat: add Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua): 10. -- Phlegm and saliva with thirst: add Trichosanthes root (Tianhuafen): 15, Bamboo shavings (Zhuru): 10. -- Restlessness and cold drinking: add Gypsum (Shigao): 15, Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhimu): 10.