Formulas that clear heat
Bai hu tang
White Tiger Decoction
- Chinese name
- 白虎汤
- Group
- Formulas that clear heat
- English name
- White Tiger Decoction
- Basic formula
- ✓
Drains heat at the qi level and in the 'yang ming' channel and promotes body fluids.
Indications
For high fever, including fever in children, and gingivitis. The book also mentions meningitis, encephalitis and diabetes.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Gypsum (shi gao) | 20–30 g |
| Zhi mu (anemarrhena) | 9–12 g |
| Rice (jing mi) | 15–30 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 3–6 g |
- Tongue
- yellow, dry coating
- Pulse
- large and forceful, or slippery and rapid
Variations
- For qi deficiency: add ginseng (bai hu jia ren shen tang).
- For arthritic pain: add cinnamon twig.
- For encephalitis and meningitis, the book describes adding lian qiao and honeysuckle flower.
- For febrile convulsions, the book describes adding saiga horn and gou teng.