Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Clearing Visceral Heat - Bai Tou Weng Tang
                        
                                      

                             Bai Tou Weng Tang
                            (Pulsatilla Decoction)

SOURCE:  Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold-Attack)
INGREDIENTS:
Bai Tou weng (Pulsatilla root) 15g
Huang Bo (Phellodendron bark) 12g
Huang Lian (Coptis root) 6g
Qin Pi (Ash bark) 12g
DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Clearing away heat and poison, cooling blood to relieve dysentery.
INDICATIONS: Heat dysentery manifested by abdominal cramps with tenesmus, burning sensation in the anus,
diarrhea with more blood and less mucus, thirst with desire for drinking, red tongue with yellow coating, taut rapid pulse.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a chief formula for heat dysentery with tenesmus. Being bitter flavor and cold
nature, Bai Tou Weng (pulsatilla root) acts as the main herb to clear away heat and poison as well as cooling blood for
relieving dysentery. As the assistant and adjuvant herbs, Huang Lian (coptis root), Huang Bo (phellodendron bark) and
Qin Pi (ash bark) are to purge fire and poison as well to dry dampness for relieving dysentery. For dysentery due to
pestilent poison and blood heat marked by diarrhea with purple blood and pus, Di Huang (rehmannia root) and Mu Dan
Pi (moutan bark) can be used cooperatively to nourish yin and cool blood.
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