Formula

Virgate Wormwood Decoction

茵蔯蒿湯yin chen hao tang
1 source

3 herbs·from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)

In the《Shanghan Lun》tradition, this formula is described for a Yangming pattern where sweat only on the head stops at the neck, the body otherwise dry, with difficult urination and thirst, taken as stagnant heat within that turns the body yellow. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.

Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：陽明病，發熱汗出者，此爲熱越，不能發黄也。…

Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)《伤寒论》辨阳明病脉证并治·茵蔯蒿湯（证治条文·宋本236）

References
  • Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
  • Capillary Wormwood (Yin chen)六兩
  • Gardenia (Zhi zi)十四枚
  • Rhubarb Root二兩
Citations
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨阳明病脉证并治·茵蔯蒿湯（组成·宋本236）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its composition.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨阳明病脉证并治·茵蔯蒿湯（证治条文·宋本236）；hash 锚含方名/组成唯一上下文片段Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its traditional indications.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨阳明病脉证并治·茵蔯蒿湯（煎服法·宋本236）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its preparation & usage.