Artemesia Annua and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction
Chinese Prescription: Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang
English Translation: Artemesia Annua and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction
Formula Type: Clear Heat from Deficiency
Actions: Clears heat & nourishes yin. Focuses on nourishing the yin in order to prevent the sinking of heat pathogens into the interior.
Indications: For lesser yang patterns with relatively strong fever characterized by a wiry pulse on the left, night fevers with morning coolness, & thirst following sweating.
Contraindications: Contraindicated for early stages of a warm febrile disease when the pathogen is qi level. Contraindicated for cases with spasms or convulsions.
Pinyin | English | Suggested Dosage |
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view: Bie Jia |
Turtle Shell, Dorsal | 15g |
view: Qing Hao |
Wormwood-Artemesia Apiacea | [add near end] - 9g |
view: Tian Hua Fen |
Trichosanthes Root | 6g |
view: Zhi Mu |
Anemarrhena | 6g |
view: Sang Ye |
Mulberry Leaves | 6g |
view: Mu Dan Pi |
Moutan Root Bark | 9g |
Bie Jia / Turtle Shell - Dorsal, Chinese | |||
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Taste: Salty • Temperature: Slightly Cold • Category: Tonic • Sub Category: Tonify Yin | |||
Dosage9-30g, cook 30 minutes before adding other ingredients |
Actions1. Nourishes the yin & anchors the yang: for yin deficiency with fever, steaming bone disorder, night sweats, or consumption. Often used when there are also symptoms of internal movement of Liver wind.2. Invigorates the blood, promotes menstruation, & dissipates nodules: for such symptoms as chest & flank accumulations causing pain & amenorrhea, as well as malarial disorders with palpable masses. Also for excessive menstruation due to hot blood. |
MeridiansLiver, Spleen |
CautionsContraindicated during pregnancy & in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen with reduced appetite & diarrhea. Also contraindicated where an exterior disorder has not been fully resolved. Use with caution in cases of impotence. According to some traditional sources, this substance antagonizes ming fan. |
Qing Hao / Wormwood, aerial part | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Relieve Summerheat | |||
Dosage3-9g, up to 24g |
Actions1. Clears summerheat: especially for summerheat with low fever, headache, dizziness, & a stifling sensation in the chest.2. Clears fevers from deficiency: for fevers from either blood deficiency or as the sequelae of a febrile disease. Especially for unremitting fever or night fever & morning coolness with an absence of sweating. 3. Cools blood & stops bleeding: for purpuric rashes or nosebleed due to heat in the blood. 4. Checks malarial disorders & relieves heat: for the alternating fever & chills of malarial disorders. |
MeridiansKidney, Liver, Gallbladder |
CautionsContraindicated in post partum women with blood deficiency, or in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen & Stomach. According to some traditional sources, this herb should not be used with sheng di huang or dang gui. |
Tian Hua Fen / Trichosanthes Root | |||
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Taste: Bitter, Slightly Sweet • Temperature: Cold • Category: Tranform Phlegm & Stop Coughing • Sub Category: Cool & Transform Phlegm-Heat | |||
Dosage9-15g |
Actions1. Clears & drains Lung heat, transforms phlegm, & moistens Lung dryness: for phlegm-heat above the diaphragm, especially when the heat has lead to dryness.2. Drains heat & generates fluids: used when heat injures fluids, giving rise to thrist & irritability, deficient yin thirst, & wasting & thirsting disorder. Also used for cough with thick sputum or blood-streaked sputum. 3. Relieves toxicity & expels pus: for hot toxic carbuncles & sores. Especially appropriate for breast abscess. For this it can be used both internally & topically. |
MeridiansLung, Stomach |
CautionsContraindicated during pregnancy & in diarrhea due to cold from deficiency of the Spleen & Stomach. Toxicity: the protein of tian hua fen causes miscarriages in mice & dogs. It is also quite antigenic & can cause very strong allergic reactions in mice & guinea pigs. In dogs, the feeding of this protein has caused depression of the S-T segment of the ECG. Extremely large doses have been associated with serious & even fatal changes in hepatic & renal function. |
Zhi Mu / Anemarrhena Rhizome | |||
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Taste: Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Drain Fire | |||
Dosage6-12g |
Actions1. Clears heat & drains fire: for high fever, irritability, thirst, & a rapid, flooding pulse in patterns of exessive heat in the Lungs & Stomach. Also for cough due to heat in the Lungs with expectoration of thick, yellow sputum.2. Enriches yin & moistens dry conditions: for exhaustion or deficiency of Lung & Kidney yin wih heat signs such as night sweats, steaming bone disorder, irritability, afternoon or low-grade fevers, warmth in the five centers, & bleeding gums. Also for such Kidney heat signs as spermatorrrhea, nocturnal emissions, & abnormally elevated sexual drive. 3. Generates fluids & clears heat: for oral ulcers & in flammation due to yin deficiency as well as wasting & thirsting disorder. |
MeridiansLung, Stomach, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated in cases of diarrhea due to Spleen deficiency. |
Sang Ye / Mulberry (White) Leaf | |||
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Taste: Sweet, Bitter • Temperature: Cold • Category: Exterior Releasing - Cool • Sub Category: | |||
Dosage4.5-15g |
Actions1. Expels wind & clears heat from the Lungs: for externally contracted wind-heat with fever, headache, sore throat, & coughing. Also for Lung dryness with cough, dry mouth or Lung heat with thick, yellow sputum.2. Clears the Liver & the eyes: for Liver channel eye problems due to either wind-heat or yin deficiency. Common symptoms include red, sore, dry or painful eyes, or spots in front of the eyes. 3. Cools the blood & stops bleeding: for mild cases of vomiting of blood due to heat in the blood. |
MeridiansLiver, Lung |
CautionsNone. |
Mu Dan Pi / Moutan root bark - tree peony root bark | |||
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Taste: Acrid, Bitter • Temperature: Cool • Category: Clear Heat • Sub Category: Cool Blood | |||
Dosage6-12g |
Actions1. Clears heat & cools the blood: for heat entering the blood level during a warm-febrile disease with such symptoms as nosebleed, blood in the sputum or vomit, or subcutaneous bleeding. Also for frequent & profuse menstruation due to heat in the blood.2. Clears fire from deficiency: for yin deficiency patterns such as steaming-bone disorder, particularly in the aftermath of a warm-febrile disease. Most suitable in the absence of sweating. 3. Invigorates the blood & dispels blood stasis: for Liver blood stasis patterns with amenorrhea, abdominal masses, lumps, or bruises due to traumatic injury. 4. Clears ascending Liver fire: for such symptoms as headaches, eye pain, flank pain, flushing, & dysmenorrhea. 5. Drains pus & reduces swelling: used topically for firm non-draining sores or internally for Intestinal abscess. |
MeridiansHeart, Liver, Kidney |
CautionsContraindicated for cold disorders, during pregnancy or excessive menstruation, & for yin deficiency with excessive sweating. May counteract the effects of tu si zi, bei mu, & da huang, & should be avoided when using garlic. |