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If you often feel overheated and easily flushed, you may have a body type with excess internal heat. Baekho-tang (白虎湯), also known as White Tiger Decoction, is a well-known Korean herbal medicine used to cool the body and restore internal balance.
Do you always feel hot, prefer cold drinks, and experience facial redness or chest discomfort? These are common signs of a body constitution with excessive internal heat. Baekho-tang is one of the most effective traditional formulas to clear internal heat and replenish body fluids, helping your body maintain a healthy balance.
Baekho-tang first appeared in the classic Chinese medical text Shanghanlun (Treatise on Cold Damage). It has long been prescribed to reduce high body heat and treat symptoms caused by internal fire or “Yangming channel heat” in traditional East Asian medicine.
The name “Baekho (White Tiger)” symbolizes a strong, cooling energy that drives away excessive heat. This formula helps release pathogenic heat from the stomach and intestines (Yangming meridian), cooling the core of the body.
When body heat dries out fluids, you crave cold water. Baekho-tang helps reduce stomach heat, easing thirst.
In atopic dermatitis or heat-type eczema (red, dry, hot skin), Baekho-tang may help cool the skin and relieve inflammation.
It can also help with bad breath or mouth ulcers caused by stomach heat, and is often used as an herbal treatment for halitosis.
In some cases, Baekho-tang may be used to support recovery from heatstroke, feverish colds, or lung inflammation accompanied by high fever.
The formula consists of Gypsum (Shi Gao), Anemarrhena (Zhi Mu), Licorice (Gan Cao), and Glutinous rice (Geng Mi).
The harmony of these four herbs allows Baekho-tang to cool internal fire while nourishing the body.
Baekho-tang may be suitable for people who:
Such symptoms indicate an imbalance where Yang energy dominates over Yin, resulting in heat accumulation. Baekho-tang can help restore this internal balance.
Baekho-tang is typically prepared as a decoction (탕약) rather than in granule or pill form, since its main ingredient, gypsum, requires boiling for effective extraction. Depending on your condition, other herbs like ginseng can be added (as in Baekho-ga-insam-tang). Your practitioner will adjust the prescription according to your constitution and symptoms.
This article provides general information about Baekho-tang and its traditional uses. Actual treatment results may vary depending on individual constitution and condition. Please consult a licensed Korean medicine doctor for a proper diagnosis and personalized herbal prescription.
Han-Sarang Korean Medicine Clinic (한사랑한의원) is located in Daerim-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. We are near Exit 4 of Guro Digital Complex Station (Line 2) and Exit 11 of Daerim Station (Line 7).
Patients from Guro, Sindorim, Mok-dong, Sinlim, and Dongjak areas can reach us conveniently. For inquiries or online consultation about Baekho-tang and other herbal treatments, please contact us directly.
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