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Formula清热剂· 清热凉血

犀角地黄汤

Xī Jiǎo Dì Huáng Tāng

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

The representative formula for clearing heat and cooling the blood. Originally using rhinoceros horn as sovereign (now substituted by water buffalo horn), its four herbs combine heat-clearing blood-cooling with blood-invigorating stasis-dispersing actions, ensuring that heat is cleared and blood is calmed without the risk of congealing stasis. Indicated for various bleeding patterns caused by heat entering the blood level.

Treatment Principle

清热解毒，凉血散瘀

Clear heat and resolve toxins, cool the blood and disperse stasis

Composition · 组成

Herb	Role	Dosage	Notes
水牛角Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo	君Sovereign	30g	清热凉血，解毒消斑，为君药（代犀角）
生地黄Shēng Dì Huáng	臣Minister	30g	清热凉血，养阴生津
赤芍Chì Sháo	佐Assistant	12g	清热凉血，活血散瘀
牡丹皮Mǔ Dān Pí	佐Assistant	9g	清热凉血，活血散瘀

Preparation · 煎服法

水煎服。水牛角镑片先煎。

Draft

PractitionerPatientDate

犀角地黄汤Xī Jiǎo Dì Huáng Tāng

Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction

Herb	Pinyin	Role	Dose
水牛角	Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo	Jun (Sovereign)	30g
生地黄	Shēng Dì Huáng	Chen (Minister)	30g
赤芍	Chì Sháo	Zuo (Assistant)	12g
牡丹皮	Mǔ Dān Pí	Zuo (Assistant)	9g

Preparation: 水煎服。水牛角镑片先煎。

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@misc{bencaodian-xi-jiao-di-huang-tang,
  author       = {{Bencaodian Editorial}},
  title        = {Xī Jiǎo Dì Huáng Tāng 犀角地黄汤 (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {Bencao Dian: A Bilingual Knowledge Graph of Traditional Chinese Medicine},
  url          = {https://bencaodian.org/en/formulas/xi-jiao-di-huang-tang},
  urldate      = {2026-04-16},
  note         = {CC BY-SA 4.0}
}

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Herb

Role

Dosage

Notes

水牛角Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo

君Sovereign

30g

清热凉血，解毒消斑，为君药（代犀角）

生地黄Shēng Dì Huáng

臣Minister

30g

清热凉血，养阴生津

赤芍Chì Sháo

佐Assistant

12g

清热凉血，活血散瘀

牡丹皮Mǔ Dān Pí

佐Assistant

清热凉血，活血散瘀

Herb

Pinyin

Role

Dose

水牛角

Shuǐ Niú Jiǎo

Jun (Sovereign)

30g

生地黄

Shēng Dì Huáng

Chen (Minister)

30g

赤芍

Chì Sháo

Zuo (Assistant)

12g

牡丹皮

Mǔ Dān Pí

Zuo (Assistant)

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