Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Cold Damage)

White Tiger Decoction

Baekho-tang

한글 백호탕 · Pinyin Bai Hu Tang

白虎湯

Composition 構成

Seokgo Shi Gao
石膏 석고 · Gypsum

20 g
Chief 君
Jimo Zhi Mu
知母 지모 · Anemarrhena

8 g
Deputy 臣
Gaengmi Jing Mi
粳米 갱미 · Non-glutinous Rice

10 g
Assistant 佐
Gamcho Gan Cao
甘草 감초 · Licorice

2.8 g
Envoy 使

Total 40.8 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Drains blazing heat from the Qi level
Generates fluids and stops great thirst

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Yangming channel heat with the four greats — great fever great thirst great sweat and a large flooding pulse

Biomedical correlates

High fever in systemic illness
Heat stroke presentations
Severe thirst with profuse sweating

Clinical commentary 臨床

Named for the white tiger of the west, whose autumn wind cuts summer's heat. Seokgo does the clearing; Gaengmi and Gamcho guard the Stomach so the cold minerals do no harm on the way through. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.