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Clears Heat and drains Fire

Severe epidemic toxic Heat blazing in the Qi level and the Nutritive and Blood levels at once Intense, sustained fever with strong thirst and dry heaves Severe, stabbing or throbbing headache

Resolves toxicity

Extreme irritability and restlessness; mania In serious cases, delirious talk, clouded consciousness or coma Spasms and convulsions; blurred vision Very cold extremities Dark, parched and cracked lips

Cools the Blood and stops bleeding

Blotchy macules and rashes from Heat pushing Blood out of the vessels Reckless bleeding such as nosebleed, vomiting of blood, blood in the stool or urine, or bleeding gums Tongue dark red or crimson with a dry, prickly, yellow-black coat; pulse deep, thin and rapid, or floating (surging), large and rapid

Modern uses

Epidemic febrile diseases Influenza Viral pneumonia SARS COVID-19, as an adjunct alongside conventional care Meningitis Encephalitis B Typhoid fever Scarlet fever Measles Epidemic haemorrhagic fever Leptospirosis Septicaemia and sepsis, alongside conventional care Pyaemia Pyogenic infection Facial erysipelas Nasal furuncles Acute liver necrosis Acute icteric jaundice Necrotising enterocolitis Nephritis Kidney failure Uraemia Oliguria Rheumatic fever Coxarthritis Behcet's syndrome Lupus erythematosus, including systemic lupus erythematosus Polymyositis and dermatomyositis Skin disorders Acute leukaemia Eclampsia Epistaxis Haematemesis Perspiration Fever Headache shi gao zhi mu gan cao dan zhu ye xi jiao sheng di huang mu dan pi chi shao xuan shen huang lian huang qin zhi zi lian qiao jie geng