ACUPUNTURA Y MASAJE TERAPÉUTICO

Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction (qing wen bai du yin)

The first group of ingredients, Gypsum (shi gao), Radix Anemarrhenae Asphodeloidis (zhi mu), Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (gun cao), and Herba Lophatheri Gracilis (dan zhu ye), clears heat from the qi level.

The second group, Cornu Rhinoceri (xi jiao), Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae (sheng di huang), Cortex Moutan Radicis (dan pi), Radix Paeoniae Rubrae (chi shm), and Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis (xuan shen), clears heat from the blood level.

The third group, Rhizoma Coptidis (huang lian), Radix Scutellariae (huang qin), Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis (zhi zi), and Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae
(lian qiao), clears heat and relieves toxicity, thereby eliminating the toxic fire.

Radix Platycodi Grandiflori (jie geng) and Herba Lophatheri Gracilis have an ascending action that conducts the actions of the other ingredients upward.

Pattern: Severe fire in the qi and blood levels.

Indications: Intense fever, strong thirst, dry heaves, severe and stabbing headache, extreme irritability, rash, nosebleed, dark-red tongue, dark and
scorched lips, either a submerged, thin or floating, large pulse.

Contraindicated in cases with yang deficiency or Spleen and Stomach weakness.

Commentary: This formula is a variation of the combination of White Tiger Decoction (bai hu tang), Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction, (xi jiao
di huang tang), and Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity (hang lian jie du tang).