白虎加苍术汤

Source

The book Lei Zheng Huo Ren Shu

Ingredients

Explanation

Shi Gao: The principal drug, being pungent and sweet in flavor and very cold in nature, purging heat in the lung and stomach, eliminating vexation.

Zhi Mu: Purging heat in the lung and stomach, being moisture in nature to moisten dryness.

Gan Cao and Jing Mi: Benifiting the stomach, protecting body fluids from being impaired, letting prescriptions very cold in nature not injure the spleen and stomach.

Cang Zhu: Drying dampness and invigorating spleen, dispelling wind-dampness.

Effect

Clear heat and eliminate dampness.

Indications

Joint pain, rheumatic arthritis, excessive sweat, red tongue, whitish and greasy coating on the tongue, choking sensation in chest.

Administration

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.