GINSENG & GYPSUM COMBINATION (summer-heat clearing formula)
Effects: clearing heat and tonifying qi; engendering fluid to relieve thirst.
Indications: cold damage.manifested by thirst and craving for cold drink; no exterior pattern or damage with no high fever; thirst and vexation; vexation/aversion to cold in the back; summerheat stroke, marked by fever, sweating, cold feet, aversion to cold, thirst and faint pulse.
Clinical Reference: This formula is often used in treating high fever and thirst induced by influenza; pneumonia; encephalitis and summerheat stroke. vexing thirst and large surging pulse due to diabetes mellitus; cerebral hemorrhage; Basedow's disease . bloodshot, itching affected part and vexing thirst due to dermatopathy such as dermatitis; urticaria; eczema.
