Huanglian Ejiao Decoction:
Coptidis Rhizoma, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Gallus Domesticus and Colla Corii Asini.
Five flavors are served, five liters of water is used, three flavors are boiled first, two liters are taken, I will go, the inner gel will melt, it is slightly cold, and it will be mixed with black-bone chicken, and it will be taken seven times a day. "
This syndrome is yin deficiency and heat excess, which is opposite to the deficiency of yin and cold (yang deficiency) of Zhenwu Decoction.
Shaoyin includes two organs (heart and kidney), the heart belongs to fire above and the kidney belongs to water below.
Under normal circumstances, the heart fire is warm, which makes the kidney Shui Han, nourishes the kidney water and makes the heart fire restless. It is called fire and water ji ji, and the heart and kidney intersect!
Deficiency of yin (kidney water), yin deficiency, insufficient water, uncontrollable fire, and rising heart fire (hyperactivity) will make people upset and unable to lie down. The more upset they are at night, it will be sunny during the day and cloudy at night, and patients will enter the yin at night, with insufficient yang water and excessive yin fire, so yin and Yang Can cannot be submerged at night. Therefore, it is advisable to purge fire and nourish yin. As the saying goes, "
Chen Xiuyuan:
"four two coptis, three two glues, two eggs, yellow ke,
One Qin and two Shao can cure irritability, which is even worse for insomnia.
The patient's tongue is red or the nipple of the tongue is very red, with little or bright crimson tongue coating.
Use Qin Lian to clear the heart fire, and use Ejiao, Paeonia lactiflora and black-bone chicken to nourish the kidney water until the fire and water are chattering and the heart and kidney intersect!
The party pays special attention to:
(1) melt the donkey-hide gelatin and put it into the soup;
(2) Black-bone chicken should not be fried with medicine (black-bone chicken is egg yolk), and the medicine juice should be added when the soup is slightly cold, so as to be taken with stirring.
Clinically, it is often used for insomnia due to yin deficiency, metrorrhagia, hematuria and hemoptysis.
Written by Zhou Yajun, MD, Hunan Province, in the studio on March 30th, 2022.