What medicine is effective for Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire?

Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire is very common in clinical practice. This symptom is mainly treated with traditional Chinese medicine. As for what medicine is best for Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, in general, Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire can be treated with some traditional Chinese medicine formulas that mainly focus on reducing fire. During treatment, you should also pay attention to eating a light diet.

1. Hot flashes

Symptoms: Hot flashes in the afternoon, or fever at night, unwillingness to wear clothes due to fever, heat in the palms and soles of feet, or hot flashes due to bone steaming, irritability, insomnia, frequent dreams, red cheeks, night sweats, body temperature higher than normal; dry mouth and throat, dry and hard stools, less yellow urine, dry and red tongue or cracked tongue, no or little tongue coating, and thready and rapid pulse. Or accompanied by recurrent oral ulcers, pain, dizziness, back pain and fatigue, etc. Treatment principle: nourish yin and relieve fire. Main recipe: Huanglian donkey-hide gelatin soup. Prescription: Coptis chinensis, Scutellaria baicalensis, donkey-hide gelatin (melted and taken with water), white peony root, and raw egg yolk. Decoction in water, remove the dregs, add gelatin thoroughly, then add egg yolk and mix. Take in 3 doses, one dose per day.

2. Hyperactivity of Heart Fire

If the heart fire is excessive and ulcers appear in the mouth and tongue, add lotus seed core, bamboo leaves, and wick; if the yin deficiency is severe, add raw rehmannia, ophiopogon japonicus, and glossy privet fruit; if there is also qi deficiency, add astragalus, pseudostellaria, or American ginseng and stew them separately; if the urine is short, red, and difficult, add Imperata root and plantain; if there is also stomach yin deficiency, add dendrobium, polygonatum, and water chestnut juice (mixed for consumption); if there is insomnia, add polygala tenuifolia and julibrissin.

3. Decoction

15g of Rehmannia glutinosa, 10g of Ligustrum lucidum, 10g of Chinese yam, 10g of Cortex Moutan, 10g of Raw Astragalus, 10g of Chinese Angelica, 10g of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 10g of Achyranthes bidentata, 10g of Cornus officinalis, and 10g of Poria are also acceptable! At the same time, you need to pay attention to moderate sexual life. Generally, Yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire are caused by the loss of Yin essence. You should also avoid warm and dry fruits and condiments, such as lychee, longan, durian, mango, star anise, pepper, cinnamon, etc. You should also avoid eating high-fat, high-calorie greasy foods. It is better to give up food from McDonald's and KFC. Avoid stimulating drinks such as coffee. You can drink less green tea. You can also quench your thirst with mung bean soup at ordinary times, but mung beans are cold in nature, so people with weak spleen and stomach and diarrhea should avoid it.