Prescriptions for Removing Pathogenic Heat and Toxic Material
Si Huang Gao
Name
The Prescription of Si Huang Gao
Source
The book Zhu Ren Kang Lin Chuang Jing Yan Ji
Ingredients
Huang Lian 30 g,Huang Qin 30 g,Tu Da Huang 30 g,Huang Bo 30 g,Fu Rong Ye 30 g,Ze Lan 30 g.Explanation
Huang Bo, Huang Lian and Huang Qin: Clearing heat and removing toxicity.
Ze Lan: Activating blood and dispelling blood stasis, promoting diuresis and resolving swelling.
Fu Rong Ye: Clearing lung heat and cooling blood, removing toxicity, resolving swelling and expelling pus.
Tu Da Huang: Clearing heat, stop bleeding and killing parasites.
The Effect of Si Huang Gao
Effect
Clear heat and remove toxicity, resolve swelling.
Indications
Sores and boils.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with seasame oil into paste.
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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