HERB FORMULAS
| English: | Augmented Pueraria, Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction |
| Also Known As: |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Rx. Scutellariae | Huang Qin | 3-18g | Clears Heat and dries Dampness. |
| Rz. Coptidis | Huang Lian | 3-10g | Clears Heat and drains Dampness. With Ge Gen, for diarrhea in Exterior syndromes. With Huang Qin, Ge Gen and Gan Cao, for External Heat with diarrhea or dysentery. With Huang Qin and Ge Gen, for Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao with diarrhea or dysentery. With Huang Qi, for explosive diarrhea and dysentery with burning pain in the anus or fetid, filthy stools and abdominal pain. |
| Rx. Puerariae | Ge Gen | 4-21g | Relieves Heat, generates fluids, relieves thirst, raises Spleen Yang and stops diarrhea. With Huang Lian and Huang Qin, for Heat induced diarrhea. |
| Talcum | Hua Shi | 18-30g | Promotes urination and expels Damp-Heat. |
| Poria | Fu Ling | 9-18g | Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen. With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention. |
| Rz. Alismatis | Ze Xie | 4.5-16g | Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness. |
| Sm. Plantaginis | Che Qian Zi | 4-15g | Promotes urination to solidify
the stool and clears Damp-Heat. With Ze Xie, for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention. |
| Fr. Forsythiae | Lian Qiao | 6-30g | Clears Heat, relieves toxicity and promotes urination. |
| Flos Lonicerae | Jin Yin Hua | 6-20g | Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders. |
| Rx. Glycyrrhizae | Gan Cao | 3-5g | Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels. |
- Clear Heat
- Resolve Dampness
- Stop diarrhea
- Lower Jiao Intestinal Damp-Heat
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