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Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang (白虎加人參湯) clears intense qi-level heat and drains fire while augmenting the qi and generating fluids; for blazing heat that has begun to damage the qi and fluids.
English Name
White Tiger plus Ginseng Decoction
Classical Source
Shang Han Lun, c. 220 CE
Ingredients
Actions & Functions
- Clears heat from the qi level and drains fire
- Augments the qi and generates fluids
Indications
Blazing heat with qi/fluid damage: high fever, profuse sweating, intense thirst with copious drinking, irritability, fatigue, and a big but forceless pulse; also wasting-thirsting with marked thirst.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: red and dry. Pulse: flooding but forceless (or rapid and weak).
Modifications
Use Xi Yang Shen for more pronounced fluid damage.
Cautions & Contraindications
For heat with qi/fluid damage; not for deficiency-cold or where there is no genuine heat.
