Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat in Zang-Fu Organs
Baitouweng Tang
Name
Pulsatilla Decoction
The Prescription of Baitouweng Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Bai Tou Weng (Radix Pulsatillae) 15 g,Huang Bo (Cortex Phellodendri) 12 g,Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) 6 g,Qin Pi (Cortex Fraxini) 12 g.Explanation
Bai Tou Weng: The principal drug, being bitter in flavor and cold in nature, clearing away noxious heat in the blood system.
Huang Lian, Huang Bo and Qin Pi: Removing heat and toxic material, drying dampness and relieving dysentery.
The Effect of Baitouweng Tang
Effect
Removing heat and toxic material, clearing away pathogenic heat in blood, relieving dysentery.
Indications
Dysentery with bloody stool due to noxious heat, marked by abdominal pain, rectal tenesmus, burning sensation in the anus, discharge of pus and blood with the latter more than the former, thirst with desire for drinking, reddened tongue with yellowish coating, and taut rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as acute bacillary dysentery, amebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, trichomonal enteritis, lobar pneumonia and bronchial pneumonia.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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