Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Clearing Heat-from Qi Stage
                             
                                           

5.1  Herbal Formula  for Clearing Heat from Qi Stage

Formulae for clearing heat from the qi stage are suitable to interior heat syndromes due to heat in the qi phase. They can
be applied to all interior heat trans- formed from the exterior evils without symptoms of heat in the exterior or the blood
stage and without the interior accumulation syndromes. Qi is the basic sub- stance of life activities of human body as
well as the motive power of the visceral function The acquired qi comes from the inhaled air and food essence, so it has
the most close relationship to the lung and stomach. Whenever the evil enters into the qi phase and leads to exuberance
of interior heat, the basic features are fever with out chill, thirst, red tongue and yellow coating. In them, heat symptom
of Yangming is the most common one. Fever without chill is due to the struggle between the genuine and evil with the
exuberant stomach-heat after the evil leaves the exterior; the steaming interior heat brings about profuse sweating; thirst
is caused by heat injuring the body fluid; slippery rapid or surging large pulse reflects the exuberant interior heat. So it
should be treated by clearing away heat and purging fire to relieve vexation and thirst. For the condition of warm-evil
invading the qi stage preliminarily manifested by fever, slight thirst, deep vexation, thin and white coating, it is chiefly
treated by capejasmine fruit cooperating with prepared soy- bean to clear heart for relieving vexation; For the exuberant
heat of Yangming manifested by sthenic fever, profuse sweating, irritable thirst and surging large pulse, it is mainly
treated with Shi Gao (gypsum), Han Shui Shi (calcite), Zhi Mu (anemarrhena rhizome) and Dan Zhu Ye (bamboo leaf)
to clearing away heat for promoting production of body fluid.
Because heat in the qi stage is apt to consume body fluid and qi, Shi Hu (dendrobium stem), Mai Dong (ophiopogon
root),Tian Hua Feng (trichosanthes root) and Lu Gen (reed rhizome) are used together to clear away heat and promote
production of body fluid while Dang Shen (pilose asia bell root), Hong Shen (ginseng), Geng Mi (round-grain rice) and
Gan Cao (licorice root) are used together to nourish the stomach qi. If stomach fails in descending and leads to retching,
Zhi Ban Xia (pinellia tuber) and Zhu Ru (bamboo) shavings should be added to lower the rebellious qi for relieving
vomiting. The representative formulae are Bai Hu Tang (White Tiger Decoction), Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang (Lophatherum
and Gypsum Decoction), etc.