Qing Gu San (Cool the Bones Powder)

Cool the Bones Powder

Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng, 1602

• Yin Chai Hu – chief; Zhi Mu, Hu Huang Lian, Di Gu Pi (clear deficiency heat)
• Qing Hao, Qin Jiao, Bie Jia, Gan Cao

• Clears deficiency heat and relieves steaming-bone fever

Yin-deficiency heat: chronic afternoon and night fever (bone-steaming), night sweats, emaciation, five-centre heat, and a flushed face.

Tongue: red with little coat. Pulse: thin and rapid.

With marked yin deficiency, add yin tonics such as Sheng Di.

For deficiency heat; not for fever from external invasion or excess heat.