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Prescription for Clearing away Pathogenic Heat of Deficiency Type

Qinggu San: Classic TCM Formula

Qing Gu San 清骨散
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Powder of Relieving Bone-heat

The Prescription of Qinggu San

Source

The book Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng

Ingredients

Yin Chai Hu (Radk Stellariae) 10 g,Hu Huang Lian (Rhizoma Picrorhizae) 6 g,Qin Jiao (Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae) 6 g,Bie Jia (Carapax Trionycis prepared with vinegar) 6 g,Di Gu Pi (Cortex Lycii) 6 g,Qing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Annuae) 6 g,Zhi Mu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae) 6 g,Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 4 g.

Explanation

Yin Chai Hu: The principal drug, being sweet in flavor and slightly cold in nature and good at clearing away bone-heat due to consumption.

Zhi Mu, Hu Huang Lian and Di Gu Pi: Being good at reducing asthenia-type fever and removing bone-heat with sweat.

Bie Jia: Nourishing Yin and suppressing hyperactive Yang to reduce asthenia-type fever.

Qing Hao and Qin Jiao: Dispelling bone-heat without sweat.

Gan Cao: Tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.

The Effect of Qinggu San

Effect

Alleviating asthenic fever and removing bone-heat.

Indications

Syndrome due to bone-heat resulting from consumption or prolonged low fever; including tuberculosis and hematopathy.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice (Taken originally in the form of powder)

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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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