Formulas that clear heat
Qing hao bie jia tang
Sweet Wormwood and Turtle Shell Decoction
- Chinese name
- 青蒿鳖甲汤
- Group
- Formulas that clear heat
- English name
- Sweet Wormwood and Tortoise Shell Formula
- Basic formula
- ✓
Nourishes the yin essence and cools heat.
Indications
For yin deficiency with afternoon fever, weakness and emaciation and poor appetite. Also for summer fever in children. The book also mentions chronic pyelonephritis and renal tuberculosis.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Qing hao (sweet wormwood) | 6–9 g |
| Softshell turtle shell (bie jia)animal | 10–15 g |
| Raw rehmannia (sheng di huang) | 6–9 g |
| Zhi mu (anemarrhena) | 6–9 g |
| Tree peony bark (mu dan pi) | 6–9 g |
- Tongue
- red, without coating
- Pulse
- rapid
Variations
- For pulmonary tuberculosis, the book describes adding sha shen, bhringaraj and American ginseng, alongside medical treatment.
- For pyelonephritis: add cogon grass.
- For fever of unknown cause: add bai wei, shi hu and goji root bark.
- For lupus with yin deficiency (mild afternoon fever, night sweats, hair loss, painful joints), the book describes an extended variant with, among others, goji root bark, hu huang lian, yin chai hu and mai men dong.