Prescription Artemisia capillaris18g, Gardenia15g (split) and rhubarb 6g (peeled).

Preventive and therapeutic effects of pharmacological action on toxic liver injury, Shanxi Journal of Medicine1975 (3): 79 ~ 93. After receiving Yinchenhao Decoction, the swelling, ballooning, lipid degeneration and necrosis of liver cells in rats with toxic liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride were alleviated to varying degrees. The contents of glycogen and ribonucleic acid accumulated in liver cells recovered or approached normal, and the activity of serum alanine aminotransferase decreased significantly, which provided the morphological and functional basis for the yellowing effect of Yinchenhao Decoction and the treatment of hepatitis.

Function indication: clearing heat, promoting diuresis and eliminating jaundice. For damp-heat jaundice, the whole body is yellow, the color is bright as orange, the abdomen is slightly full, the mouth is thirsty, urination is unfavorable, the tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is heavy or slippery.

Usage and dosage: Take water 1.2 liter, boil Herba Artemisiae Scopariae first, reduce 600 ml, take two flavors, boil 300 ml, remove me, and take three servings. Urine is profitable, urine is like acacia juice, the color is red, and it decreases after one night, and yellow goes away from childhood.

Remarks: Yinchen in the prescription can clear away heat and promote diuresis, and dredge the liver and gallbladder. Gardenia can clear away the damp-heat of triple energizer, and can retreat to yellow as a minister; Rheum officinale promotes defecation, acts as an assistant under heat conduction, and the three drugs are matched, so that the evil of damp heat is excreted from the second stool, and when the heat is removed by dampness, it turns yellow and retreats.

Excerpt from Treatise on Febrile Diseases