White Tiger Chengqi Decoction
【Source】"Revised Popular Treatise on Injury Cold."
【Composition】Raw gypsum 24 grams (finely powdered), raw rhubarb 9 grams, raw licorice 2.4 grams, Anemarrhena 12 grams, mirabilite 6 grams, old millet 9 grams (wrapped in lotus leaf).
【Usage】Decoct with water, dissolve mirabilite in the finished decoction.
【Function】Clear heat, purge fire, relieve constipation.
【Indications】Yangming pattern in typhoid fever, pathogenic fire obstructing, unconsciousness, delirium, mania, high fever, intense restlessness, extreme thirst, profuse sweating, hard stool, red and scanty urine.
【Discussion】This formula combines Baihu Tang and Tiaowei Chengqi Tang—clearing dry heat in the stomach meridian and purging real fire in the stomach fu organ—making it essential for severe stomach fire with fluid deficiency and constipation. |
