HERB FORMULAS

QING HAO BIE JIA TANG

English: Sweet Wormwood and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction
Also Known As: Artemisia Annua and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction
Decoction of Sweet Wormwood and Tortoise Shell
Decoction of Artemisia Annua and Carapax Trionycis

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia 15-30g Nourishes the Yin and anchors the Yang.
With Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Qing Hao and Zhi Mu, for injured Yin in the aftermath of a febrile disease with fever and nightsweats followed by a sense of cooling in the morning.
Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao 6-10g Clears Deficiency fevers.
With Bie Jia, for the final stages of a warm febrile disease when the Yin Fluids have already been damaged and the pathogen still lurks deep within the Yin level with night fever with chills in the morning, the fever recedes without sweating, emaciation, rapid pulse and a red tongue with little coating.
With Bie Jia and Sheng Di Huang, for fever due to Heat in the Yin regions of the body.
With Bie Jia, Sheng Di Huang and Mu Dan Pi, for Heat in the Ying Level with constant feverish sensations.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 12-20g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, generates fluids and increases saliva.
With Mu Dan Pi, for residual warm pathogen which has injured the Yin and Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6-10g Clears Heat transforms Phlegm, dissipates nodules and stops cough.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9-10g Clears Heat, cools (and harmonizes) the Blood and clears Deficiency Fire.
With Qing Hao and Bie Jia, for steaming bone disorder.
With sheng Di Huang and Zhi Mu, for Menopause with Yin Deficiency and Heat.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes the Yin
  • Vents Interior Deficiency Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Heat lurking in the Yin aspects of the body (usually due to later stages of a Warm-Heat pathogen)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Night fever with morning coolness
  • No sweating
  • Emaciation
  • No loss of appetite
  • Tidal fever in the afternoon
  • T: Red
  • C:Little
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

  • Low-grade fevers during the recovery stage of infectious diseases
  • Fever of unknown origin
  • Fever from cancer
  • Fever after surgery
  • Fever in children
  • Convalescent period of typhoid fever
  • Pulmonary tuberculosis
  • Renal tuberculosis
  • Common cold
  • Vertigo
  • Phthisis
  • Chronic pyelonephritis
  • Menopausal symptoms

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during the early stages of Warm Heat febrile diseases.
  • Contraindicated for those with spasms and convulsions (Yin deficiency with Liver Wind Rising).
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For Lung consumption: For pronounced cough and wheezing:
+ Rx. Glehniae/ Adenophorae Sha Shen + Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
+ Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian + Rx. Asteris Zi Wan
For summertime night fever and morning coolness (Yin Deficient Heat) in children:
For blazing Fire from Deficiency:
+ Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei + Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei
+ Caulis Nelumbinis He Geng + Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
For five sole Heat, yellow urine, and a red tongue with a yellow coat:
For fever of unknown origin due to Yin Deficiency:
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen + Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei
For unremitting low-grade fever associated with renal tuberculosis or chronic pyelonephritis:
+ Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ Hb. Dendrobii
For afternoon fever and Cold from Deficiency:
For steaming bone sensations caused by pulmonary tuberculosis:
- Rx. et Rz. rhei Da Huang + Rx. Glehniae Bei Sha Shen
+ Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen + Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian
For pneumonia with measles and toxic Heat:
For severe Yin Deficiency:
+ Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For excessive Heat:
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu    
+ Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian    
+ Rx. Cynanchi Atrati Bai Wei