Formulas 1 Organ Heat Toxic Heat2 Key Points

Front 1

Fever, wheezing, coughing, labored breathing, a thin tongue coating that can either be white or yellow, and a rapid pulse that can be floating or slippery.

Back 1

Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang (Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum and Licorice Decoction) 麻杏石甘汤

Front 2

Irritability with a sensation of heat in the chest, thirst with a desire to drink cold beverages, a red face, possibly sores around the mouth, a red tongue, and a rapid pulse. Also used for dark, scanty, rough, and painful urination.

Back 2

Dao Chi San (Guide Out the Red Powder)
导赤散

Front 3

Heat excess in the Liver and/ or Gallbladder channels marked by pain in the hypochondria, red and sore eyes, hearing loss, swelling in the ears, a bitter taste in the mouth, a wiry, rapid, and forceful pulse, and a red tongue with a yellow coating. Also for difficult and painful urination with a sensation of heat in the urethra.

Back 3

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver) 龙胆泻肝汤

Front 4

Toothache (especially when the pain extends into the head), bad breath, a red tongue with little coating, and a slippery, large, and rapid pulse.

Back 4

Qing Wei San (Clear the Stomach Powder)
清胃散

Front 5

Early-stage sores and carbuncles with red, swollen, hot, and painful skin lesions, usually accompanied by fever, mild chills, rapid, forceful pulse.

Back 5

Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin (Sublime formula for sustaining life) 仙方活命饮

Front 6

Ulcerated sores that do not heal on a limb that is dark red, slightly swollen and warm to the touch, and extremely painful. There may be a rotten smell to the lesion together with copious discharge. Accompanying symptoms include fever, thirst, a red tongue, and a rapid pulse.

Back 6

Si Miao Yong An Tang (Four-valiant decoction for well being)
四妙永安汤

Front 7

Cough with foul-smelling sputum, mild chest pain, a red tongue with a greasy, yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.

Back 7

Wei Jing Tang (Reed decoction)
苇茎汤