Prescriptions for Removing Summer-heat by Inducing Diuresis
liu Yi San
Name
Six to One Powder
The Prescription of liu Yi San
Source
The book Shang Han Zhi Ge
Ingredients
Hua Shi (Talcum) 180 g,Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 30 g.Explanation
Hua Shi: The principal drug, being sweet and tasteless in flavor and cold in nature, having the particular action of clearing away heat and inducing diuresis.
Gan Cao: Being sweet in flavor and cold in nature, dispelling heat, regulating the stomach, combining Hua Shi to promote the production of body fluid and inducing diuresis to make body fluid not be damaged.
The Effect of liu Yi San
Effect
Removing summer-heat and inducing diuresis.
Indications
Syndrome due to affection of summer-heat and dampness, marked by fever, intense thirst, dysuria, or diarrhea; including such diseases with the above symptoms as mild sun-stroke, cystitis and stone of the urinary tract.
Administrations
Ground into powder and 9-18 g of the powder is taken each time, or wrapped in cloth and 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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