Prescriptions for Relieving Exterior Syndrome to Remove Pathogenic Heat in the Interior
Gegen Huangqin Huanglian Tang
Name
Decoction of Pueraria, Scutellaria and Coptis
The Prescription of Gegen Huangqin Huanglian Tang
Source
The book Shang Han Lun
Ingredients
Ge Gen (Radix Puerariae) 15 g,Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) 6 g,Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 9 g,Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) 9 g.Explanation
Ge Gen: The principal drug, being sweet and pungent in flavor and cold in nature, removing pathogenic heat from the exterior, ascending the Qi of the spleen and stomach to treat diarrhea.
Huang Qin and Huang Lian: Clearing away heat pathogen from the stomach and intestines and dry dampness in them.
Gan Cao: Regulating the Qi of the middle-Jiao and tempering the actions of all the other ingredients.
The Effect of Gegen Huangqin Huanglian Tang
Effect
Relieving exterior syndrome and removing heat
Indications
Unrelieved exterior syndrome complicated by pathogenic heat in the interior, marked by fever, loose stools with disagreeable odor, buring sensation in the anus, restless and heat sensation in the chest and epigastric region, dry mouth, thirst, asthma, sweating, yellowish tongue coating, and rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as bacillary dysentery, ileotyphus, acute enteritis and infantile diarrhea.
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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