Prescriptions for Clearing away Heat in Zang-Fu Organs
Qing Wei San (清胃散)
Name
Powder for Clearing the Stomach-heat
The Prescription of 清胃散
Source
The book Lan Shi Mi Cang
Ingredients
Sheng Di Huang (Radix Rehmanniae) 12 g,Dang Gui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) 6 g,Mu Dan Pi (Cortex Moutan) 9 g,Huang Lian (Rhizoma Coptidis) 4.5 g,Sheng Ma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae) 6 g.Explanation
Huang Lian: The principal drug, being bitter in flavor and cold in nature, removing accumulated heat in the stomach.
Sheng Di: Removing heat from the blood, nourishing Yin.
Dan Pi: Removing heat from the blood to clear away heat pathogens.
Dang Gui: Nourishing and regulating the blood.
Sheng Ma: Dispersing fire pathogen to detoxicate.
The Effect of 清胃散
Effect
Removing hear from the stomach and blood
Indications
Syndrome due to accumulated heat in the stomach and flaring-up of the stomach-fire, marked by headache induced by toothache, hotness in the cheeks, teeth averse to heat but preferable for cold, or ulceration of gums, or gingival atrophy with bleeding, or swelling and pain in the lips, tongue and cheeks, or hot foul breath, dry mouth and tongue, reddened tongue with yellowish coating, and slippery full rapid pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as prosopalgia, stomatitis, periodontitis, chronic gastritis, etc.
Administrations
Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice (Taken originally in the form of powder)
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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