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Prescriptions for Promoting the Production of Body Fluids to Moisten Dryness

Zeng Ye Tang (增液汤): Classic TCM Formula

增液汤 Zengye Tang
By the TCMHH editorial team Not medically reviewed How we work Updated 6 Oct 2026
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Name

Fluid-increasing Decoction

The Prescription of 增液汤

Source

The book Wen Bing Tiao Bian

Ingredients

Xuan Shen (Radix Scrophulariae) 30 g,Mai Dong (Radix Ophiopogonis) 24 g,Sheng Di (Radix Rehmanniae) 24 g.

Explanation

Xuan Shen: The principal drug in larger dose, nourishing Yin, promoting the production of body fluids, moistening dryness, removing heat.

Mai Dong: Promoting the production of body fluids to moisten dryness.

Sheng Di: Nourishing Yin and removing heat.

The Effect of 增液汤

Effect

Nourishing Yin, removing heat, moistening dryness, inducing laxation.

Indications

Insufficiency of body fluids, constipation or reoccurrence of the following symptoms 2-3 days after defecation, all due to febrile disease of Yangming, marked by constipation, thirst, reddened and dry tongue, and deep feeble pulse, including such diseases with the above symptoms as intestinal tuberculosis, hemorrhoid, irritable colon, chronic pancreatitis, etc.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.

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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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