银翘汤

Source

The book Wen Bing Tiao Bian

Ingredients

• Jin Yin Hua 15 g,
• Lian Qiao 9 g,
• Zhu Ye 6 g,
• Gan Cao 3 g,
• Mai Dong 12 g,
• Sheng Di 12 g.

Explanation

Yin Hua: The principal drug, being sweet in flavor and cold in nature, mildly promoting the dispersing function of the lung, clearing away heat and toxic material.

Lian Qiao: The other principal drug, being bitter in flavor and slightly cold in nature, mildly relieving the exterior syndrome, clearing away heat and toxic material.

Mai Dong and Sheng Di: Nourishing Yin and clearing heat.

Gan Cao: Clearing away heat and replenishing qi.

Zhu Ye: Removing the heat in the upper-Jiao.

Effect

Tonify yin and relieve exterior syndrome.

Administration

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.