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Artemisia Yinchenhao Decoction

Pin Yin: Yin Chen HaoTang

Category: Clear Damp Heat
Additional Categories: Clear Heat and relieve Toxicity; Purge Heat Accumulation

Actions:
   Clears Heat, resolves Dampness, and reduces jaundice;
  ---used for Yang-type jaundice (vivid yellow color) with Damp Heat predominantly of Lower Burner, with abdominal distention and urinary difficulty; used especially where Heat predominates over signs of Dampness.
   (See Qi Aspect Damp Stagnation of Three Burners; Spleen Stomach Damp Heat .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Artemisiae Capillaris, Hb [yin chen hao]

Gardeniae, Fr [zhi zi]

Rhei, Rz [da huang]

Associated Modern Diseases: acute hepatitis, hepatic necrosis, cirrhosis, cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, malaria, typhoid heat effusion (fever), leukemia, leptospirosis.

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