Qīng Hāo Biē Jiă Tāng

Question 1

Method of Preparation

Answer 1

qīng hāo active properties can be destroyed by high temperatures for prolonged periods –> add at end

Question 2

Actions

Answer 2

Nourishes the yin and vents heat

Question 3

Indications

Answer 3

night fever and morning coolness with no sweating as the fever recedes
emaciation with no loss of appetite

T: red, little coat
P: thin, rapid

Question 4

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 4

Heat lurking in the yin aspects of the body. It usually occurs during the later stages of a warm-heat pathogen disease when the heat has depleted the yin and fluids.

Question 5

Herbs

Answer 5

biē jiă
qīng hāo
sheng dì huáng
zhī mŭ
mŭ dān pí

Question 6

biē jiă

Answer 6

salty, cold
directly enters the yin to enrich the yin and reduce the fever from deficiency
enter the collaterals, track down pathogens, actively clear heat from the deepest yin aspect of the body
unable to issue through the yang aspect, able to do so under the guidance of qīng hāo

Question 7

qīng hāo

Answer 7

vents heat and expels it from the body
unable to enter into the yin directly, is able to do so under the guidance of biē jiă

Question 8

sheng dì huáng
zhī mŭ

Answer 8

nourish the yin, clear heat from deficiency

Question 9

mŭ dān pí

Answer 9

drains heat from the yin, assists qīng hāo in venting and dispersing heat

Question 10

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 10

Contraindicated in early stages of warm-heat pathogen disease, when pathogenic influence is still in the qi level, also in cases with spasms or convulsions.