| 【Chinese Name】 |
清骨散
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| 【Phonetic】 |
Qing Gu San
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| 【English Name】 |
Bone-Clearing Powder |
| 【Classification】 |
Heat-clearing formulas |
| 【Source】 |
《Standards for Diagnosis and Treatment》Zheng Zhi Zhun Sheng《證治準繩》 |
| 【Combination】 |
Stellariae Radix (Yin Chai Hu) 1.5 qian (5g), Picrorhizae Rhizoma (Hu Huang Lian) 1 qian (3g), Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Qin Jiao) 1 qian (3g), Trionycis Carapax (Bie Jia vinegar-fried) 1 qian (3g), Lycii Cortex (Di Gu Pi) 1 qian (3g), Artemisiae Annuae Herba (Qing Hao) 1 qian (3g), Anemarrhenae Rhizoma (Zhi Mu) 1 qian (3g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (Gan Cao) 5 fen (2g) |
| 【Method】 |
Decoct one dose of the formula with 2 zhan of water, and boil it until the volume reduces to 80%. Take the decoction after meals. (Modern use: use water to decoct the medicinals.) |
| 【Action】 |
Clears deficiency-heat and relieves steaming bone fever. |
| 【Indication】 |
This formula is indicated for deficiency of the liver and kidney yin, and deficiency-heat harassing the interior. The symptoms are steaming bone fever, prolonged low-grade fever, emaciation, red lips and cheeks, fatigue and night sweat, thirst and vexation, a red tongue with a scanty coating, and a thready, rapid pulse. |
| 【Pathogenesis】 |
This is a pattern of liver and kidney yin deficiency, and deficiency-heat harassing the interior. Yin deficiency generates interior heat, and deficiency-heat steams up causing steaming bone fever, thirst and vexation, and red lips and cheeks. The deficiency-heat forces fluids to move outward, which causes night sweating. Deficient yin fails to nourish flesh and skin, causing emaciation over time; the red tongue with scant coating and thready rapid pulse are signs of yin deficiency and interior heat. The key of this pattern is deficiency-heat, as the deficiency-heat consumes yin, and yin deficiency enhances the power of heat. Therefore, the therapeutic method should be primarily clearing deficiency-heat, and nourishing yin as supplementary. |
| 【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation
Qing Gu San is a commonly used formula used to treat steaming bone fever and consumptive heat. This clinical pattern is marked by steaming bone fever, emaciation, night sweat, red tongue body with scanty coating, thready, rapid pulse.
2. Modern applications
This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of steaming bone fever caused by yin deficiency and interior heat: tuberculosis and other chronic wasting diseases. |
| 【Additonal formulae】 |
Qin Jiao Bie Jia San (Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder, 秦艽鱉甲散)
[Source]《Precious Mirror of Health》Wei Sheng Bao Jian《衛生寶鑒》
[Ingredients] Di gu pi 1 liang (9g), chai hu 1 liang (9g), bie jia 1 liang (9g), qin jiao 0.5 liang (5g), zhi mu 0.5 liang (5g), dang gui 0.5 liang (5g)
[Preparation and Administration] Grind the above medicinals into powder, use 5 qian (15g) per dose.
[Actions] Nourishes yin, nourishes blood, clears heat, and relieves steaming bone fever.
[Applicable Patterns] Wind taxation caused by deficiency of yin and blood, and wind invasion inward and transforming into heat. Symptoms include: steaming bone fever, night sweat, emaciation, red lips and cheeks, thirst, afternoon tidal fever, cough, tiredness, a red tongue body with a scanty coating, and a thready, rapid pulse. |
| 【Remark】 |
Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Trionyx sinensis / Pelodiscus sinensis) is listed as "Vulnerable" in the International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Also, it is protected by Ho |
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