Peach Kernel (50 grains, skin and tips removed, ground), Cinnamon Twig, Mirabilite, Licorice Root (roasted, each 1 qian), Rhubarb (2 qian). Decoct in water and take on an empty stomach.
Qingre Buqi Tang (Clearing Heat and Supplementing Qi Decoction)
Indicated for deficiency-heat of the Middle Jiao Qi, where the mouth and tongue feel as if devoid of skin, or accompanied by fever and thirst.
Ginseng Root, Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome, Poria, Angelica Sinensis Root (mixed with wine), Peony Root (stir-fried, each 1 qian), Cimicifuga Rhizome, Schisandra Berry, Ophiopogon Tuber, Scrophularia Root.
Licorice Root (roasted, each 5 fen). Decoct in water and take orally. If ineffective, add Roasted Ginger. If still ineffective, add Aconite Lateral Root.
Qingre Buxue Tang (Clearing Heat and Nourishing Blood Decoction)
Indicated for sores in the mouth and tongue, fatigue and poor appetite, worsening in the afternoon (Shi hour), or dryness, heat, and pain in the eyes.
Prepared Rehmannia Root (mixed with wine, 1 qian), Phellodendron Bark, Anemarrhena Rhizome, Schisandra Berry, Ophiopogon Tuber (each 5 fen), Angelica Sinensis Root (mixed with wine), Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome, Peony Root (each 1 qian), Scrophularia Root (7 fen), Bupleurum Root, Moutan Cortex (each 5 fen). Decoct in water and take orally. If ineffective, treat with Buzhong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) plus Schisandra Berry.
Qingre Huatan Tang (Clearing Heat and Resolving Phlegm Decoction)
Indicated for heat in the Upper Jiao, excessive phlegm causing thirst, and swelling and pain of the mouth and tongue.