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Herbal Formula for Clearing Heat & Poison - Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
                        
                                      

                         Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
                     (Coptis Detoxicating Decoction )

SOURCE: Wai Tai Mi Yao (The Medical Secrets of an Official)
INGREDIENTS:
Huang Lian ( Coptis root) 3~9g
Huang Qin (Scutellaria root) 6g
Huang Bo (Phellodendron bark) 6g
Zhi Zi (Capejasmine fruit) 9g
DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Purging fire and expelling poison.
INDICATIONS: Syndromes of exuberant heat of the triple jiao due to excessive heat and fire poison manifested by
high fever, restlessness, dryness of mouth and throat, paraphasia, insomnia; or heat diseases marked by hemoptysis and
epistaxis; or exuberant heat leading to macule, fever and dysentery; or jaundice due to dampness heat; or carbuncle,
gangrene, furuncle in surgery; dark urine, red tongue withe yellow coating, strong rapid pulse.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This formula is set up for exuberant heat and fire in the triple jiao. As the main herb,
Huang Lian (coptis root) can purge heart fire and clear the middle j iao. Huang Qin (Scutellaria root) clears fire of the
upper jiao; Huang Bo (phellodendron bark) clears fire of the lower jiao; Zhi Zi (capejasruine fruit) purges fire of the
triple jiao for inducing heat out through urine. They are all the assistant and adjuvant herbs.
In clinic, this formula has good therapeutic effects against septecemia, pyosep,dysentery,toxic ysentery, pneumonia,
urinary infection,epidemic encephalitis, encephalitis B, and furunde the above mentioned symptoms.

                    ASSOCIATED FORMULA FOR HUANG LIAN JIE DU TANG

                                                  Xie Xin Tang

                                        (Heart-Purging Decoction)

INGREDIENTS: Da Huang (Rhubarb) 6g, Huang Lian (coptis root) 3g, Huang qin (scutellaria root) 9g. The above
herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration.
Effects: purging fire and poison, drying dampness to resolve stiffness.
Indications: internal exuberance of fire leading to bleeding such as hemoptysis and epistaxis; or internal accumulation of
dam-heat resulting in jaundice with chest stuffiness and irritable fever; or pushing up of accumulated heat manifested by
conjunctive congestion with swollen eyelids, oral ulceration; or sores in surgery with symptoms of irritable and feverish
sensation of chest, constipation, etc.

NOTES: Both this formula and Huang Lian Jie du Tang (Coptis Detoxicating Decoction) can be used to treat syndrome
of exuberant heat of the triple j iao. In this formula, Da Huang (rhubarb) as the main herb in the cooperation with Huang
Qin (scutellaria root) and Huang Lian (coptis root) purge fire and heat as well as resolve dampness with their bitter
flavor and cold nature, so it is special for syndrome of exuberant fire of the heart and stomach.
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