Herbal Remedies for Yin Deficiency and Excessive Heat

There is no traditional Chinese medicine prescription for treating yin deficiency and fire exuberance (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, resulting in hyperactivity of deficiency and fire). The treatment of yin deficiency and fire exuberance in traditional Chinese medicine needs to be based on differentiation of the evidence, and cannot be generalized. If you need to treat yin deficiency and exuberant fire, you can take Dazhongyin Pills and Zhibai Di Huang Pills. 1. Great Yin Tonic Pill is composed of ripened dihuang, salted Zhimo, salted cypress, vinegared tortoise shell and pig spinal cord. Its efficacy is to nourish yin and reduce fire (nourish yin essence and reduce fire). It can be used clinically to treat yin deficiency and fire, tinnitus and spermatorrhea, night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up) and cough. Avoid eating spicy and oily food during the period of taking the medicine, and abstain from smoking and limiting alcohol. 2. Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan is effective in nourishing yin and reducing fire. It can be used to treat the symptoms of yin deficiency and fire exuberance, such as hot flashes (a burst of fever), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping sweating after waking up), red face and eyes, dry mouth and night sweating, red tongue with little moss and thin pulse (pulse becomes narrower, thinner and quicker in rate), etc. It can be used to treat the symptoms of yin deficiency and fire exuberance. It is composed of the herbs Zhi Mu, Huang Bai and Shan Zhu. Caution should be exercised in cases of Qi deficiency with fever and solid heat. Please follow doctor’s instructions when using the above medicines.