Prescriptions for Removing Pathogenic Heat and Toxic Material
Liangge San: Classic TCM Formula
Name
Powder for Removing Heat from the Diaphram
The Prescription of Liangge San
Source
The book Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang
Ingredients
Da Huang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) 600 g,Po Xiao (Natrii Sulfas) 600 g,Zhi Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) 600 g,Zhi Zi (Fructus Gardeniae) 300 g,Bo He (Herba Menthae) 300 g,Huang Qin (Radix Scutellariae) 300 g,Lian Qiao (Fructus Forsythiae) 1,200 g,Zhu Ye (Herba Lophatheri) adequate amount,Feng Mi (Mel) adequate amount.Explanation
Lian Qiao: The principal drug, being bitter in flavor and slightly cold in nature, clearing away heat and toxic material.
Huang Qin: Removing stagnated heat pathogens from the heart and chest.
Zhi Zi: Purging intense heat in the tri-Jiao and directing it to go downward.
Bo He and Zhu Ye: Dispelling heat in the lung, stomach and heart.
Mang Xiao and Da Huang: Getting rid of pathogenic heat in the diaphragm and leading heat to go downward.
Bai Mi and Gan Cao: Relieving the drastic purgation of Mang Xiao and Da Huang and assisting them in promoting downward flow of heat.
The Effect of Liangge San
Effect
Purging intense heat to relieve constipation, leading heat to go downward and getting rid of it by purgation.
Indications
Syndrome due to heat produced by the accumulated pathogens in the upper and middle Jiao, marked by fever, thrist, flushed face and dry lips, burning sensation in the chest, aphthae, or sore throat, spitting blood, nasal bleeding, constipation, reddish urine, reddened tongue with yellowish coating, and slippery rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above sypmtoms as measles, pneumonia, tumor in the mediastinum, pulmonary abscess, etc.
Administrations
The ingredients except Zhu Ye and Feng Mi were ground into powder, 6 g of wbich was mixed with 3 g of Zhu Ye and small amount of Feng Mi and decocted in water for the decoction, which was taken after meal, 3 times daily. (Or used as a decoction dose, whose dosage was reduced according to the proportions of the ingredients in the original prescription.)
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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