Clear Heat: Clear Nutritive-Level Heat and Cool Blood

Question 1

Qing Ying Tang (Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction)

Answer 1

Clears the nutritive level, relieves fire toxin, drains heat, and nourishes the yin

High fever that worsens at night, severe irritability, restlessness

T: dry, scarlet

P: Thin, rapid

NOTE: Depending on the level the Heat has reached the patient may be thirsty, delirious or have some faint and indistinct erythema

Clears Heat from the previous level and the next level

• Shui Niu Jiao
• Xuan Shen
• Sheng Di Huang
• Mai Men Dong
• Jin Yin Hua
• Lian Qiao
• Huang Lian
• Dan Zhu Ye
• Dan Shen

Question 2

Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)

Answer 2

Clears heat, resolves fire toxicity, cools the blood nourishes the yin, dispels blood stasis, and stops bleeding

Heat entering the Blood (Xue)Level: fever that worsens at night, irritability, various types of bleeding (including vomiting of blood, nose bleeds, blood in the stool or urine, and rashes),black and tarry stools, abdominal distention and fullness, thirst with an inability to swallow

T: dry, scarlet with prickles

P: thin, rapid

NOTE: Some patients become delirious

• Xi Jiao
• Sheng Di Huang
• Chi Shao
• Mu Dan Pi