🌿 Tonsillitis
Tonsillitis
【Syndrome】Wind-heat invading the tonsils (Luo E).
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and detoxifying, pungent-cool exterior-resolving, purging bowels and clearing heat.
【Formula Name】Liang Ge Zeng Ye Tang (Cooling the Diaphragm and Increasing Fluids Decoction).
【Composition】Forsythia 8g, Honeysuckle 8g, Gardenia 5g, Scutellaria 5g, Rehmannia 6g, Scrophularia 8g, Ophiopogon 8g, Reed Rhizome 8g, Cicada Slough 5g, Isatis Root 8g, Rhubarb 2g, Bamboo Leaf 3g.
【Usage】Soaked in cold water for 20 minutes first, then simmered gently for 25 minutes. Each dose decocted twice, one dose daily, three times daily.
【Source】Chinese Medical Journal.