Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang青蒿鳖甲汤
Sweet Wormwood and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction
Also known asSweet Wormwood and Soft-shell Turtle Decoction · Artemisia Annua and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction · Decoction of Sweet Wormwood and Tortoise Shell · Decoction of Artemisia Annua and Carapax Trionycis
- Medicinals
- 5
Composition
Nourishes the Yin and anchors the *Yang*.
- Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Qing Hao
Clears Deficiency fevers.
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.for fever due to Heat in the Yin regions of the body.- Bie Jia, Sheng Di Huang
Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, generates fluids and increases saliva.
for residual warm pathogen which has injured the Yin and Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones.Clears Heat transforms Phlegm, dissipates nodules and stops cough.
Clears Heat, cools (and harmonizes) the Blood and clears Deficiency Fire.
for Menopause with Yin Deficiency and Heat.
Actions
- Replenishes the Yin
- Releases Deficiency Heat trapped in the Interior
Patterns treated
Heat concealed within the body's Yin level (typically arising in the later phases of a Warm-Heat pathogenic process)
Manifestations
- Fever at night that subsides to coolness by morning
- Absence of sweating
- Marked wasting of the body
- No reduction in appetite
- Fever following a tidal pattern, occurring in the afternoon
- Tongue body
- Red in color
- Coating
- Sparse
- Pulse
- A pulse that is both thready and rapid
Indications
- Mild fevers seen while recovering from infectious illness
- Fever with no identifiable cause
- Cancer-related fever
- Postoperative fever
- Fever occurring in pediatric patients
- The recovery phase following typhoid fever
- Cases of lupus erythematosus
- Sudden flushes of heat
- Cases of HIV infection or AIDS
- Tuberculosis of the lungs
- Tuberculosis affecting the kidneys
- An ordinary cold
- A spinning form of dizziness
- Consumptive wasting disorder
- Persistent inflammation of the kidney (pyelonephritis)
- Symptoms associated with menopause
- Long-term pyelonephritis
- Degenerative joint disease
Modifications
Addressing Lung consumption
For pediatric cases of summer night fever with morning coolness (Yin Deficient Heat)
For Heat felt in the five soles, along with yellow urine and a tongue that is red with a yellow coating
For persistent mild fever linked to renal tuberculosis or chronic pyelonephritis
For fever occurring in the afternoon together with Cold arising from Deficiency
For pneumonia accompanied by measles and toxic Heat
For pronounced excess-type Heat
For cancer-related fever accompanied by Five-Sole-Heat
- +Chai Hu
- +Bai Shao
- +Gan Cao
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Tai Zi Shen
- +Di Gu Pi
- +Tian Hua Fen
For cancer-related fever accompanied by night sweats
- +Chai Hu
- +Bai Shao
- +Gan Cao
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Fu Xiao Mai
- +Mu Li
For cancer-related fever accompanied by severe pain
- +Chai Hu
- +Bai Shao
- +Gan Cao
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Yan Hu Suo
- +Wu Yao
- +Xu Chang Qing
For cancer-related fever accompanied by constipation
For fever occurring with Lung cancer
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
For Lung cancer fever accompanied by chest pain and a feeling of oppression
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Gua Lou
- +Yu Jin
For Lung cancer fever accompanied by constipation
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Huo Ma Ren
For pronounced high fever occurring with Lung cancer
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Shi Gao
- +Di Gu Pi
For fever following surgery
For an ordinary cold accompanied by Qi Deficiency
For an ordinary cold accompanied by pronounced Yin Deficiency
- −Sheng Di Huang
- +Sang Ye
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Bai Wei
- +Mai Men Dong
For a spinning form of dizziness
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with chills and fever that alternate
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with pain affecting the upper limbs
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with pain in the shoulder
For long-standing osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with Liver and Kidney Deficiency
For cases of systemic lupus erythematosus
For marked coughing accompanied by wheezing
For intense Fire arising from Deficiency
For fever with no identifiable cause, arising from Yin Deficiency
For steaming-bone sensations resulting from pulmonary tuberculosis
For pronounced Yin Deficiency
- +Mai Men Dong
- +Bai Shao
- +Xuan Shen
For fever occurring with cancer
For cancer-related fever accompanied by loss of appetite
- +Chai Hu
- +Bai Shao
- +Gan Cao
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Fo Shou
- +Ba Yue Jia
- +Chen Pi
- +Gu Ya
- +Mai Ya
- +Ji Ne Jin
For fever with cancer, accompanied by night sweats
For cancer-related fever with night sweats, accompanied by scanty Phlegm that is difficult to expectorate
- +Chai Hu
- +Bai Shao
- +Gan Cao
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Chuan Bei Mu
- +Kuan Dong Hua
- +Yu Zhu
- +Mai Men Dong
- +Jie Geng
- +Pi Pa Ye
For Lung cancer fever accompanied by coughing up blood
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Bai Mao Gen
- +Xian He Cao
For Lung cancer fever accompanied by night sweats
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Fu Xiao Mai
- +Mu Li
For Lung cancer fever accompanied by loss of appetite
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Ba He
- +Chong Lou
- +Bai Hua She She Cao
- +Chao Shan Zha
- +Chao Mai Ya
For an ordinary cold
For an ordinary cold accompanied by coughing
- −Sheng Di Huang
- +Sang Ye
- +Tian Hua Fen
- +Zhe Bei Mu
- +Bo He
For an ordinary cold accompanied by blood-streaked sputum
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency that worsens at night
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, where Heat is damaging the Yin Fluids
For osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with pain affecting the lower limbs
For long-standing osteoarthritis involving Heat and Yin Deficiency, worsening at night, with Qi and Blood Deficiency
For HIV/AIDS accompanied by Yin-Deficiency fever
For systemic lupus erythematosus involving Liver and Kidney Yin Deficiency, presenting with dizziness of a spinning type, blurred vision, tinnitus, and dryness of the mouth and throat
Cautions
- Not to be given during the early stage of a Warm Heat febrile illness.
- Not to be given to patients experiencing spasms and convulsions (Yin deficiency with Liver Wind Rising).