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Shi Gao (chief): clear heat & drain fire.
Zhi Mu (deputy): assist chief in clearing heat from Lungs & Stomach to alleviate irritability, moistens dryness, & enriches yin Zhi Gan Cao (envoy) & Geng Mi (assistant): benefit Stomach & protect the fluids. Prevent the extremely cold properties of the other ingredients from injuring the middle jiao. Actions: Clear qi-level heat, drain Stomach fire, generate fluids, & alleviate thirst. Indications: High fever with profuse sweating & aversion to heat, red face, severe thirst & irritability. May also include headache, toothache, or bleeding of gums & nose. TC: yellow P: flooding, forceful or slippery, rapid pulse. C&C: - fever from Spleen & Stomach Xu |
Bai Hu Tang
Clear Heat from Qi Level |
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Xi Jiao (chief): clear Ying heat, clear Heart heat, calm shen
- Substitute shui niu jiao Xuan Shen (deputy): clear heat, nourish yin Sheng Di Huang (deputy): cool blood, nourish yin Mai Men Dong (deputy): nourish yin, generate fluids XS + SDH + MMD = enhance actions of chief Jin Yin Hua, Lian Qiao, Huang Lian, Dan Zhu Ye (assistants): clear qi level heat & relieve toxicity. Dan Shen (assistant): reinforce ingredients that cool blood & prevent blood stasis Actions: - Clear the nutritive level - relieve fire toxin, drain heat - nourish yin, invigorate blood Indications: High fever worse at night, severe irritability & restlessness, maybe thirst, maybe delirium, maybe faint & indistinct erythema & purpura. TB: scarlet, dry TC: none P: thin, rapid This is Heat entering the Nutritive level C&C: cases with dampness |
Qing Ying Tang
Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction Clear Heat from Ying level & Cool Blood |
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Bai Hu Tang
+ren shen benefit qi & generate fluids Actions: Clear heat, benefit qi, generate fluids Indications:fever, thirst, profuse sweat, generalized weakness P: large & forceless. For Injury to qi and fluids. Also summerheat with qi & fluids both injured. This is heat in the Qi level with qi & fluids injured. |
Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang
Clear Heat from Qi Level |
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Xi Jiao (chief): clear Heart fire, cool blood, relieve fire toxin
- Substitute shui niu jiao (x3) Sheng Di Huang (deputy): cool blood, stop bleeding, nourish yin Chi Shao, Mu Dan Pi (assistant & envoy): cool blood, drain heat, invigorate blood, disperse blood stasis (from cold ingredients) Actions: - Clear heat, relieve fire toxin - cool blood, nourish yin - dispel blood stasis, stop bleeding Indications: bleeding (nose bleed, bloody vomitus, bloody stool, bloody urine, rashes), black & tarry stools, thirst with inability to swallow, maybe delirium TB: scarlet with prickles P: thin, rapid This is heat entering the xue level causing blood to move recklessly. C&C: bleeding from yang xu or Spleen & Stomach xu |
Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang
Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction Clear Heat from Ying Level & Cool Blood |
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Bai Hu Tang
+gui zhi Action: clear heat, unblock channels, & regulate Ying & Wei qi. Indications: High fever, sweating, irritability, thirst, pain & swelling of the joints. TC: yellow P: wiry, rapid pulse This is Wind-Damp Heat Bi Also used for warm malarial disorders with intense internal heat & mild external cold characterized by high fever, mild chills, aching joints, occasional vomiting. P: wiry, rapid. |
Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang
Clear Heat from Qi Level |
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Huang Lian (chief): drain fire from Heart thus abate fire in other organs, drain fire from middle jiao.
Huang Qin (deputy): clear heat from upper jiao. Huang Bai (assistant): clear heat from lower jiao Zhi Zi(assistant): drain heat from 3 jiaos through the urine. Also relieve irritability. Actions: Drain fire, relieve toxicity Indications: high fever, irritability, dry mouth & throat, incoherent speech, insomnia, nosebleed or bloody vomitus, carbuncles, deep-rooted boils, dysenteric disorders or jaundice from damp-heat. This is severe obstruction of the 3 jiaos by fire toxin. C&C: - excess patterns only - robust patients only - no long term use (injures yin) - heat in nutritive or blood levels |
Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity |
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Bai Hu Tang
+cang zhu: raise Spleen qi, expel wind-damp Actions: clear heat & expel damp Indications: for damp warm febrile disease or hot bi or damp bi transformed into heat (fever, epigastric distention, profuse sweating, generalized sensation of heaviness, pain in the joints, cold feet, red, greasy tongue - swollen joints & heavy limbs). |
Bai Hu Jia Cang Zhu Tang
Clear Heat from Qi Level |
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Da Huang (chief): drain fire & break up clumping.
Huang Lian, Huang Qin (deputies): drain heat from upper & middle jiaos. DH + HL + HQ = drain heat from the 3 jiaos, primarily through the stool Actions: Drain fire, relieve toxicity, & dry dampness Indications: Jaundice - - greasy, yellow tongue coating - epigastric focal distention - jaundice Excess Fire Causing Bleeding - - bloody vomitus - nosebleed Accumulation of Heat - - constipation - red & swollen eyes & ears - ulceration of tongue & mouth - abscesses This is damp-heat excess with interior clumping C&C: - only for excess heat with constipation |
Xie Xin Tang
Drain the Epigastrium Decoction Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity |
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Dan Zhu Ye & Shi Gao (chiefs): clear Yang Ming heat & alleviate irritability
Ren Shen & Mai Men Dong (deputies): tonify qi & generate fluids. Each reinforces the other. Ban Xia (assistant): directs rebellious qi downward thus stops vomiting. Zhi Gan Cao & Geng Mi (envoys): assist ren shen to tonify qi. Also harmonize the middle jiao & nourish Stomach thus protecting Stomach from injury from the shi gao. Actions: Clears Heat, generates fluids, augments qi, & harmonizes the Stomach Indications: Lingering fever from febrile disease accompanied by vomiting, irritability & thirst, parched mouth, lips, & throat, a choking cough, stifling sensation in the chest TB: Red TC: scanty P: deficient, rapid This is qi level heat lingering in the Lungs & Stomach where it injures the qi & fluids. |
Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang
Clear Heat from Qi Level |
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Huang Qin,
Huang Lian (chiefs): Wine fried to enhance upward movement. Relieve fire toxin Niu Bang Zi, Lian Qiao, Bo He, Jiang Can (deputies): disperse wind heat Xuan Shen, Ma Bo, Ban Lan Gen, Jie Geng, Gan Cao (deputies): clear heat from throat & relieve toxic fire. Chen Pi (assistant): ensure smooth flow of qi & blood Chai Hu, Sheng Ma (envoys): disperse wind-heat * guide other herbs upwards. Actions: Clear heat, eliminate fire toxin, & disperse wind-heat. Indications: string fever & chills, redness, swelling, & burning pain of head & face, dysfunction of throat, dryness & thirst TB: red TC: powdery white or yellow <---key P: rapid & forceful This is acute, massive febrile disorder of the head from seasonal epidemic toxin associated with wind-heat & damp-phlegm AKA - Da Tou Wen C&C: yin deficiency |
Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin
Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxins Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity |
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Jin Yin Hua (chief): clear heat from qi & xue levels, disperse swelling
Pu Gong Ying, Zi Hua Di Ding, Ye Ju Hua, Zi Bei Tian Kui: clear heat, relieve toxicity, & cool blood Wine invigorates blood which helps reduce this type of swelling. Actions: clear heat, relieve toxicity, cool blood, & reduce swelling Indications: boils & carbuncles with localized erythema, swelling, heat, & pain (yang type boils) with fever & chills TB: red TC: yellow P: rapid This is fire toxin from exterior heat from warm-febrile disease or seasonal pathogenic influence C&C: - yin type boils - Spleen deficiency |
Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin
Five Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxins Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity |
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Jin Yin Hua (chief): clear heat, reduce toxicity, & reduce swelling
Xuan Shen (deputy): drain fire, relieve toxicity, & nourish yin Dang Gui (assistant): invigorate blood, break up stasis Gan Cao (envoy): harmonize actions of other herbs & strengthen formula's relieve toxicity action. Actions: Clear heat, relieve toxicity, invigorates the blood, & alleviates pain Indications: Ulcerated sores that won't heal on a limb that is dark red, slightly swollen & warm to the touch, & extremely painful. Maybe rotten smell to the lesion with copious discharge This is a sloughing ulcer (tuo ju) from obstruction by fire toxin leading to stasis of blood in the sinews & blood vessels C&C: cold, qi xu or blood xu |
Si Miao Yong an Tang
Four Valiant Decoction for Well Being Clear Heat & Relieve Toxicity |
