1 TASTE
Sweet and slightly cold
2 MERIDIANS
Lung and kidney
3 FUNCTIONS
1. To tonify the yin and clear heat; 2. To promote the production of body fluids and nourish the stomach
4 INDICATIONS
1.Yin consumed by febrile diseases or deficient yin in the stomach manifested as dry tongue, thirst and red tongue proper with scanty coating. Dendrobium (Shi Hu [3]) is used with Ophiopogon root (Maidong), Glehnia root (Sha Shen [4]) and Fresh rehmannia root (Sheng Di Huang [5]). 2. Afternoon fever caused by deficient yin and internal heat. Dendrobium (Shihu) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), Swallowwort root (Bai Wei [6]) and Asparagus root(Tian Men Dong [7]).
5 DOSAGE
6-15g
6 COUTIONS
This herb should be cooked first before the other herbs are added to the decoction. It is contraindicated for a person in the early stage of febrile disease.
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