Kai Chen Ph.D. in Chinese Medicine TCM Dr. in British Columbia, Canada 205 Burnside Road East, Victoria, B.C. V9A 1A4 Canada |
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Formulas for heat-clearing 1. Recipes for clearing away
heat from the Qi system 1.1 White tiger decoction (Baihu Tang) Ingredients: Gypsum (Shigao) 30g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 9g
Oryza (Jingmi) 9g Licorice root (Gancao) 3g Function: Clearing away heat
and promoting the production of body fluid Indication: Excessive
hat syndrome in qi system, high fever, polydipsia, profuse sweating, full
forceful pulse, red tongue with yellow fur 1.2 Lophatherum and Gypsum decoction (Zhuye Shigao Tang) Ingredients Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) 15g Gypsum (Shigao) 30g Ginseng (Renshen)15g Ophiopogon (Maidong) 9g Pinellia (Banxie) 9g Oryza (Jingmi) 15 Licorice root (Gancao) 5g Function: Clearing away heat
and promoting the production of body fluid, replenishing qi and regulating the
stomach Indication: fabric diseases
of yin-qi injured, low fever, polydipsia, profuse sweating, short breath,
lassitude, red tongue with little coating, rapid and weak
pulse 2. Recipes for removing heat from the Ying and Blood system Decoction for clearing heat in the ying system (Qingying Tang) Ingredients Rhinoceros horn (Xijiao) 1.5-3g ( substituted with Buffalo horn 30g)
Rehmannia (Shengdi) 15g Scrophularia (Xuanseng) 9g Red sage root (Danseng) 6g Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) 3g Honeysuckle flower (Qinyinhua) 9g Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) 6g Coptis root (Huanglian) 5g Ophiopogon (Maidong) 9g Function: Clearing away heat
from the ying system, nourishing yin and promote blood stasis Indication: Ying-stage of
fabric diseases, fever worsening in the night, irritability, insomnia, or even
delirium, dull macula on skin, deep red tongue with dry coating, rapid pulse
3. Recipes for removing heat from the Qi and Blood systems Antipyretic and antitoxic decoction (Qingwen Baidu Yin) Ingredients Gypsum (Shigao) 30g Rhinoceros horn (Xijiao) 1.5-3g ( substituted with Buffalo horn 30g)
Rehmannia (Shengdi) 15g Coptis root (Huanglian) 3g Scutellaria (Huangqin) 6g Capejasmine fruit (Zhizi) 6g Platycodon root (Jiegeng) 3g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 6g Red peony root (Zhishao) 6g Scrophularia (Xuanseng) 6g Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) 6g Moutan bark (Danpi) 6g Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) 3g Licorice (Gancao) 3g Function: Clearing away heat
and toxic, removing heat from the blood system, nourishing yin and stopping
bleeding Indication: Intense heat and
virulent pathogen in both qi and blood systems, high fever, polydipsia, serious
headache, delirium or coma, or dull macula on skin, or bleeding, deep red tongue
with dry coating, rapid pulse
4. Recipes for clearing away heat and toxic 4.1 Antitoxic decoction of Coptis (Huanglian Jiedu Tang) Ingredients Coptis root (Huanglian) 9g Scutellaria (Huangqin) 6g Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) 6g Capejasmine fruit (Zhizi) 9g Function: Clearing away heat
and toxic Indication: Any kind of excessive heat syndrome,
high fever, polydipsia, ,
delirium or coma, or dull macula on skin, jaundice,
carbuncle, dysentery, deep red
tongue with yellow coating, rapid
pulse 4.2 Universal relief decoction for disinfections (Puji Xiaodu Yin) Ingredients: Coptis root (Huanglian) 15g Scutellaria (Huangqin) 15g Tangerine peel (Chenpi) 6g Licorice (Gancao) 6g Scrophularia (Xuanseng) 6g Platycodon root (Jiegeng) 6g Bupleurum (Caihu) 6g Forsythia fruit (Lianqiao) 3g Puff-ball (Mabo) 3g Arctium fruit (Niubangzi) 3g Peppermint (Bohe) 3g White stiff silkworm (Jaingcan) 2g Cimicifuga (Shengma) 2g Function: Clearing away heat
and toxic, dispelling wind and other exopathogens
Indication: Infection with
swollen head, marked high fever, red
and swollen head, serious headache, deep
red tongue with yellow coating, rapid pulse 5. Recipes for removing heat from the viscera 5.1 Powder for treating dark urine (Daochi San) Ingredients: Rehmannia (Shengdi) 18g Clematis (Mutong) 12g Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) 12g Licorice (Gancao) 6g Function: Clearing away heat
from heart Indication: Syndrome of heat in the heart, marked insomnia, ulceration of
the oral cavity and tongue, frequent, painful and urgent urination, red tongue
with yellow coating, rapid pulse 5.2 Decoction of gentian for purging liver-fire (Longdan Xiegan Tang) Ingredients: Gentian (Longdancao) 6g Scutellaria (Huangqin) 10g Capejasmine fruit (Zhizi) 9g Oriental water plantain (Zexie) 12g Clematis (Mutong) 12g Plantain seed (Zheqianzi) 9g Angelica (Danggui) 3g Rehmannia (Shengdi) 9g Bupleurum (Caihu) 6g Licorice (Gancao) 6g Function: Clearing away heat
from liver channel, removing damp-heat from lower warmer Indication: Heat or heat-damp syndrome in the liver channel marked bitter
taste in the mouth, red swelling pain in the eye, swollen ear, tinnitus and
deafness, headache, swelling or itching in the genital organs, yellow leukorrhea,
turbid or painful urination, red tongue with yellow or yellow greasy fur, rapid
pulse 5.3 Lung-heat expelling powder (Xiebai Powder) Ingredients: Wolfberry bark (Digupi) 30g Mulberry bark (Sangbaipi) 30g Licorice (gancao) 6g Oryza (Jingmi) 9g Function: Clearing away heat
in the lung, stopping cough and asthma Indication: lung heat syndrome, marked cough or asthma, fever, red tongue
with yellow coating, rapid pulse 5.4 Gypsum decoction (Yunu Jian) Ingredients: Gypsum (Shigao) 30g Prepared rehmannia 30g Ophiopogon (Maidong) 6g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 4.5g Achyranthes root (Niuxi) 4.5g Function: Clearing away heat from the stomach and nourishing yin
Indication: The syndrome of heat in the stomach, marked
headache, toothache, odontoseisis, thirst, red tongue with yellow
coating, rapid pulse 5.5 Peony decoction (Shaoyao Tang) Ingredients: Peony (Shaoyao) 15g Angelica (Danggui) 9g Coptis root (Huanglian) 9g Scutellaria (Huangqin) 15g Areca seed (Binlang) 5g Aucklandia (Muxiang) 5g Licorice (Gancao) 5g Rhubarb (Dahuang) 9g Cinnamon bark (Rougui) 5g Function: Clearing away
heat-damp, regulating blood and qi Indication: Diarrhea or
dysentery due to heat-damp, marked pus and blood in the stool tenesmus, burning
sensation in the anus, red tongue
with yellow greasy coating, rapid pulse 5.6 Pulsatilla decoction (Baitouwang Tang) Ingredients: Pulsatilla root (Baitouwang)
15g Phellodendron bark (Huangbai) 12g Coptis root (Huanglian) 6g Ash bark (Qinpi) 12g Function: Clearing away heat
and toxic, cooling the blood to treat dysentery Indication: Diarrhea or
dysentery due to noxious heat, marked more blood in the stool, tenesmus, burning
sensation in the anus, red tongue with yellow coating, rapid
pulse 6. Recipes for clearing away heat of deficient type
6.1 Sweet wormwood and turtle shell decoction (Qinghao Biejia Tang) Ingredients: Sweet wormwood (Qinghao) 6g Turtle shell (Biejia) 15g Rehmannia (Shengdihuang)12g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 6g Moutan Bark (Danpi 9g Function: Nourishing yin and
clearing away heat Indication: The later stage
of fabric diseases, or fever due to yin deficiency marked afternoon lower fever,
red tongue with little coating, rapid
pulse 6.2 Powder for clearing bone-heat (Qinggu San) Ingredients: Stellaria root (Yincaihu) 5g Picrorhiza rhizome (Huhuanglian) 3g Large-leaf gentian root (Qinju) 3g Sweet wormwood (Qinghao) 3g Turtle shell (Biejia) 3g Wolfberry bark (Digupi) 3g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 3g Licorice 2g Function: Nourishing yin and
clearing away heat Indication: Fever due to yin
deficiency marked afternoon lower
fever, night sweating, red
tongue with little coating, rapid thin pulse 7. Recipes for clearing away summer-heat and replenishing qi Decoction for clearing away summer-heat and replenishing qi (Qingshu Yiqi
Tang) Ingredients: American ginseng 5g Stem of noble dendrobium (Shihu) 15g Ophiopogon (Maidong) 9g Coptis root (Huanglian) 3g Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) 6g Lotus stem (Hegeng) 15g Anemarrhena (Zhimu) 3g Licorice (Gancao) 2g Watermelon peel 30g Function: Clearing away summer-heat and replenishing qi and yin Indication: Consumption of qi and yin by summer-heat, marked fever, profuse sweating, restlessness, thirsty, lassitude, dry red tongue, rapid and weak pulse Copyright by Kai Chen Ph.D. in Chinese Medicine
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