Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Clearing Visceral Heat - Xie Bai San
                         
                                       

                              Xie Bai San
                        (White-Purging Powder)
SOURCE: Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue (Key to Pediatric Therapeutics)
INGREDIENTS:
Di GU Pi (Wolfberry bark) 30g
Sang Bai Pi (Mulberry bark) 30g
Gan Cao (Licorice root) 3g
Geng Mi (Round-grained rice) 15g
DIRECTIONS: Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
EFFECTS: Clearing away the lung heat to relieve asthma and cough.
INDICATIONS: Accumulation of lung heat manifested by cough or asthma, feverish skin which is aggravated in the
afternoon, red tongue with yellow coating, thread rapid pulse.
ANALYSIS OF FORMULA: This is a formula for clearing away the lung heat. Being sweet flavor and cold nature,
acting on the lung, Sang Bai Pi (mulberry bark) is the main herb to clear  lung and to resolve phlegm for relieving asthma.
Being sweet flavor and cold nature, Gou Ji Zi (wolfberry bark) is the assistant herb to clear away the hidden heat from
the lung as well as expelling the deficient heat. As the adjuvant and dispatcher herbs, Geng mi (round-grained) rice and
licorice root can harmonize the middle and reinforce qi as well as invigoraing the earth to generp.te the metal. The
formula cannot be applied to asthma and cough due to exogenous attack of wind cold and cough pertaining to deficient
cold.
(Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution)