Thirstiness is a Chinese medical condition caused by insufficient endowment (inborn constitution and poor functioning), dietary disorders, emotional disorders and excessive labor, etc. It can be treated with Jade Maiden Decoction, Six-flavored Digoxigenin Pill, and Seven-flavored Atractylodis Macrocephalae Pill.
1. Jade Maiden Decoction: It can be used to treat thirst, which belongs to the evidence of blazing stomach heat. It is composed of Gypsum, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Ophiopogonis, etc. It has the effect of clearing stomach heat and nourishing kidney yin, and it can treat thirst, which can be seen as consumptive and hunger-inducing (eating too much and still easy to be hungry), dry mouth and lips, and heartburn and fever (fever in the hearts of the hands and the feet, and self-consciousness of being irritable and hot in the chest and the heart). It should not be taken by people with loose stools.
2. Six-flavored Di Huang Pill: It can be used for thirst which belongs to the deficiency of kidney yin. It is composed of ripened di Huang, cornelian cherry, dried yam, etc. It has the efficacy of filling up the essence, nourishing yin and replenishing the kidney, which can treat the deficiency of kidney yin and essence, and improve the symptoms of frequent urination and excessive urination, aching of the waist and knees and weakness, etc. Patients with cold and fever should not take it. It is not suitable for patients with cold and fever.
3. Seven-flavored Atractylodes Macrocephalae: It can be used to treat thirst with deficiency of qi and yin, and is composed of ginseng, Poria cocos and Atractylodes Macrocephalae, etc. It has the effect of benefiting qi and generating fluids (promoting the production of fluids by replenishing qi), strengthening the spleen and quenching thirst, and can be used in the treatment of symptoms such as thirst, loose stools (loose and unshaped stools), and tiredness, etc. It is recommended to take it under the supervision of a doctor.
It is recommended to use the formula under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis, and do not self-medicate.