Huanglian and Agaricus soup (quoted from “Warming Disease”) Drug composition Huanglian four taels, Scutellaria baicalensis two taels, peony two taels, chicken seed yellow two, Agaricus three taels Decoction method and dos and don’ts The above five flavors, five liters of water, first boil three things, take two liters, remove the dregs, inside the gum closed, a small cold, inside the chicken seed yellow, stir so that each other, warm take seven, three times a day. Avoid taking spicy, stimulating, greasy diet. Shao-Yin disease, with heart trouble and inability to sleep; internal attack of evil fire, heat injury to Yin and Blood, and downward flow of pus and blood. Song Huang Lian and Agaricus are used to treat Shao-Yin, with sleeplessness and vexation in the heart; chicken eggs, white peony and scutellaria are used to raise water and lower fire. The source of this formula is from Wu Jutong of the Qing dynasty, “Warming Diseases”, Lower Jiao, Article 7, which says: “Shao-Yin warming disease, true yin wants to be exhausted, strong fire reignites, and the heart is troubled and cannot sleep. And the commentary says: “This evidence of yin and yang each for the way not to interact with each other, not far from death. Therefore, Huang Tsuen from Huang Lian, the external diarrhea of strong fire and the internal firm true yin; peony from Agaricus, the internal protection of true yin and external defense of hyperactive yang. The changes in the intersection are all in a chicken seed yellow. It is a sacred product for the middle jiao. It has the function of licorice and is more spiritual than licorice. The “Keizhong Ginseng West”: Huanglian taste bitter into the heart, cooling nature of heat, so the heavy use of the heart to relieve the fever, supplemented by scutellaria, fear of heat in the heart and lung disturbance, and the lung is the source of the kidney, clear the lung is also so clear kidney. Paeonia lactiflora is both bitter and sour, its bitterness is good at descending, its sourness is also good at collecting, it can collect and descend the floating Yang, so that the bottom to its residence, and the nature of the cool can nourish Yin, and can also facilitate the stool, so good at nourishing the kidney Yin, more able to lead the kidney heat from the urine. Aconite is good at nourishing yin, and good at submerging, and can go straight into the kidney to produce kidney water. It is good at nourishing yin and is good at latent, and can go straight to the kidney to produce kidney water. With sufficient kidney water, it can overcome the heat and expel the evil and subdue the delusions of heart fire, and the heart trouble will be cured. Explanation of the formula Huang Lian bitter taste into the heart, cooling nature of heat, so the heavy use of the heart to relieve irritation, supplemented by scutellaria, fear of heat disturbance in the heart and the lung, and the lung is the source of the kidney, clear the lung is also so clear kidney. Paeonia lactiflora is both bitter and sour, its bitterness is good at descending, its sourness is also good at collecting, it can collect and descend the floating yang, so that the bottom to its residence, and the nature of the cool can nourish yin, and can also facilitate the stool, so good at nourishing kidney yin, more able to lead the kidney heat from the urine. Aconite is good at nourishing yin, and good at submerging, and can go straight into the kidney to produce kidney water. Chicken seed yellow can enter the kidney to benefit kidney water, and with sufficient kidney water, it can overcome heat and expel evil to subdue the delusional movement of heart fire, and the heart trouble will be cured. Clinical application This formula can be used for palpitation, plus Wu Wei Zi to converge the heart qi dissipation, pearl end to calm the mind and calm the panic. For insomnia, add tortoise board and wu wei zi to nourish yin and astringent yin; antelope bone and pearl powder to clear liver and calm panic, and ze xia to calm liver fire; sour date palm and nightshade to nourish heart and calm the mind. For night sweats, add chasteberry, dried liancao, cuscuta, raw earth, wolfberry to regulate the liver and kidney; floating wheat to stop sweating. Modern clinical use is for the treatment of stubborn insomnia, treated with Huang Lian Agaricus Tang plus Sheng Di; for cerebral neurasthenia insomnia, Huang Lian Agaricus Tang plus Cinnamomum; for tongue flaking without growth, Huang Lian Agaricus Tang with Scutellariae and Sheng Di. For dysentery stuffed with summer heat, Huang Lian Agaricus Tang with Jian Shen Qu, Southern Hawthorn Charcoal and Guang Orange White; for postpartum fever, Huang Lian Agaricus Tang with Cinnamon.