clear heat • relieve toxicity
huáng lián jiě dú tāng is used for patterns with
fire toxin in the three jiaos pervading the exterior and interior, lung heat, and gu syndrome.
symptoms indicating the use of huáng lián jiě dú tāng
high fever, irritability, fidgeting, dry mouth and throat, incoherent…
clear heat • quell fire
shí gāo is used for patterns with
qi level heat, yang ming heat, lung heat, stomach heat/fire, blood-level heat, sores, wounds.
symptoms indicating the use of shí gāo
high fever, no chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, restlessness, encephalitis, cough, wheezing, asthma, fever, headache, toothache or swollen, bleeding gums.
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