Hao Qin Qingdan Tang

Name

Hao Qin Qingdan Tang (Sweet Wormwood and Scutellaria Decoction for Clearing Damp-Heat from the Gallbladder)

Source

Chong Ding Tong Su Shang Han Lun

Ingredients

• Qing Hao (Herba Artemisiae Annuae) 6 g
• Zhu Ru (Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam) 9 g
• Xian Ban Xia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) 5 g
• Chi Fu Ling (Poria Rubra) 9 g
• Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 6 g
• Zhi Qiao (Fructus Aurantii) 5 g
• Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) 5 g
• Biyu San 9 g

Explanation

• Qing Hao is the principal drug: bitter and acrid in flavor and cold in nature, clearing away pathogenic heat in the Shaoyang channel.
• Huang Qin is the principal drug: bitter in flavor and cold in nature, removing pathogenic heat from the gallbladder.
• Zhu Ru and Ban Xia eliminate heat and resolve phlegm.
• Chen Pi and Zhi Qiao smooth the chest and diaphragm and regulate the Stomach, so that adverse qi flows downward.
• Chi Fu Ling and Biyu San clear away heat and promote urination.

Nature and action

Removes heat from the gallbladder, promotes urination, regulates the Stomach and resolves phlegm.

Indications

A syndrome due to Damp-Heat and phlegm retained in the Shaoyang channel, marked by alternating attacks of chills and fever in which the chills are milder than the fever, as in malaria; a bitter taste in the mouth; fullness in the Stomach; regurgitation of sour and bitter watery fluid, or vomiting of yellow thick saliva, and even nausea and hiccup; distending pain in the chest and hypochondrium; a reddened tongue with a whitish greasy coating; and a rapid pulse that is slippery on the right and taut on the left.

Also indicated for diseases presenting these symptoms, such as acute cholecystitis, acute gastritis, acute hepatitis and chronic pancreatitis.

Dose

Decocted in water and taken by mouth in two divided doses.