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.
not in spleen and stomach xu cold, yin xu empty-heat.
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