Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat in Zang-Fu Organs
Qing Xin Lian Zi Yin (清心莲子饮)
Name
The Prescription of 清心莲子饮
Source
The book Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
Ingredients
Huang Qin 10 g,Mai Dong 10 g,Di Gu Pi 10 g,Che Qian Zi 10 g,Zhi Gan Cao 10 g,Shi Lian Zi 15 g,Fu Ling 15 g,Zhi Huang Qi 15 g,Ren Shen 15 g.Explanation
Mai Dong: Nourishing yin of stomach, lung and heart; clearing heat of stomach, lung and heart; calm heart and induce tranquilization.
Huang Qin: Clearing the heat of upper-jiao.
Shi Lian Zi: Clearing away the heart-fire.
Di Gu Pi: Clearing deficiency heat, clearing lung fire, cooling blood.
Che Qian Zi: Clearing liver-fire and lung-heat.
Zhi Huang Qi: Tonifying qi and blood.
Zhi Gan Cao: Invigorating the spleen and stomach, tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
Ren Shen: Replenishing the Qi of the middle-Jiao.
Fu Ling: invigorating spleen and inducing tranquilization.
The Effect of 清心莲子饮
Effect
Clear heart fire, replenish qi and yin, treat stranguria.
Indications
Qi and blood deficiency, excessive heart-fire, damp invasion of lower energizer.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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