Schizonepeta and Forsythia Decoction

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Schizonepeta, Forsythia, Licorice, Mint, Coptis, Scutellaria, Phellodendron, Gardenia, Rehmannia, Angelica sinensis, Ligusticum, Red Peony, Saposhnikovia, Bitter Orange (Zhi Ke/Zhi Shi) each 1.5 g; Bupleurum, Platycodon, Angelica dahurica each 2 g. Decoct in water; take 3 times daily. (New Edition Explanation of Kampo Later Generations' Essential Prescriptions)

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

湯劑

Disperse wind and Clear heat, reduce swelling and alleviate pain.

Wind-heat in the Liver and Kidney channels, swelling and pain of both ears, or gallbladder heat shifting to the brain causing sinusitis, tongue slightly red, thin yellow coating, rapid or floating-rapid pulse.

Chronic postnasal drip for many years: combine with Mahuang Fuzi Xixin Tang. -- Systemic lupus erythematosus with nephritis or renal failure, generalized edema: add cicada slough: 1.5, duckweed: 10.

Use with caution in those with poor appetite, the elderly and weak, those with a bluish complexion, and those with dark circles around the eyes. When using this formula, attention should be paid to checking liver function.