Dai Ge San - 黛 蛤 散 - Powder Of Natural Indigo And Cyclina

English:	Powder of Natural Indigo and Cyclina
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Fried Cx. Mori	Chao Sang Bai Pi	10g	Drains stagnant Heat from the Lungs and stops cough and wheezing. With Di Gu Pi and Gan Cao, for cough with thick sputum, fever, irritability and thirst due to Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Lungs.
Cx. Lycii Radicis	Di Gu Pi	10g	Clears Deficiency Fire, clears Heat, clears Lung Heat and stops cough. With Sang Bai Pi, for Lung Heat cough or wheezing.
Fried Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Zhi Gan Cao	1g	Clears Heat, Harmonizes, Moistens the Lungs, Relieves Fire toxicity, Resolves Phlegm, Stops cough.
Nonglutinous Rice	Geng Mi	8g	Protects the Stomach from the cold properties of the other herbs.
Indigo Naturalis	Qing Dai	1g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and treats cough due to Lung Heat.
Concha Meretricis/Cyclinae	Hai Ge Ke	3g	Clears Heat, Descends Lung Qi, Resolves Phlegm, Treats Lung Heat cough.

Formula Actions

• Drains (Hidden) Heat from the Lungs
• Calms wheezing

Syndromes

• Liver Fire Scorches the Lungs
• Lung Heat
• Children who alternate between Excess and Deficiency
• Liver Fire Scorches the Lung causing cough and wheezing (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Coughing (high and clear sounding) Wheezing Fever Skin that feels hot to the touch Symptoms worse in the late afternoon Dry mouth Little or difficult to expectorate sputum Burning pain in the chest and hypochondrium Yellow sputum

Hemoptysis Impatience Irritability Dry, bitter taste in the mouth Conjunctival congestion Dizziness Maybe constipation T: Red C: Yellow P: Thready and rapid - maybe wiry

Treats

Inverted menses (nosebleed during menstruation) Acute bronchitis Pneumonia Pertussis Pulmonary tuberculosis (initial stage) Hemoptysis Acute tonsillitis Chronic tonsillitis Dizziness Pleurisy Pneumonitis from measles Constipation Acute bronchitis Hypertension Epistaxis Dyspnea

Upper respiratory tract infection Mild asthmatic cough Asthma Infantile measles Infantile pneumonia Tracheitis Common cold Conjunctivitis Cough Chronic chest infection Chronic bronchitis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD Fever Bronchiectasis Lung cancer Red eyes

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Modify to protect the Spleen from the cold herbs.

Modifications

For the beginning cough stage of pertussis:		For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Phlegm-Heat:
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction San Ao Tang
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction Sang Ju Yin
- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Phlegm-Heat with severe insomnia and restlessness:		- Poria	Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan		- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu
- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi
- Poria	Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren	+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou	For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Blood-streaked sputum:
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu
- Rx. Platycodi	Jie Geng
+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi	- Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi
+ 10g Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye	- Poria	Fu Ling
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with constipation:		- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan		- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu
- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi	+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu
- Poria	Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren	+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou	+ 10g Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu	+ 10g Nodus Nelumbinis	Ou Jie
+ 30g Hb. Agrimoniae	Xian He Cao
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu	For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with chest or flank pain:
+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi	+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ 6-9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with severe Lung Heat:		- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi
- Poria	Fu Ling
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan		- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou
- Per. Citri Reticulatae	Chen Pi	- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu
- Poria	Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Ren	+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii	Zhe Bei Mu	+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi
+ 9g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae	Chuan Bei Mu	_+ 9g Fr. Toosendan	Chuan Lian Zi
For hemoptysis:
+ 12g Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi	+ Drain the White Powder Xie Bai San
+ 6-9g Rx. Gentianae	Long Dan Cao
For hemoptysis with severe bleeding:		+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ Drain the White Powder Xie Bai San		+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/ Meretricis	Ge Qiao Fen
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae	Chao Pu Huang
+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/Meretricis	Ge Qiao Fen
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae	Chao Pu Huang	+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis	Ou Jie
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ 12g Rx. Rubiae	Qian Cao Gen
+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis	Ou Jie	For hemoptysis with severe Liver Heat:
+ Drain the White Powder Xie Bai San
+ 12g Rx. Rubiae	Qian Cao Gen
+ Patent Medicine Yunnan Bai Yao		+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/Meretricis	Ge Qiao Fen
Or
+ + 3g powdered Rx. Notoginseng	San Qi Fen	+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae	Chao Pu Huang
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis	Ou Jie
+ 12g Rx. Rubiae	Qian Cao Gen
+ 9g Rx. Gentianae	Long Dan Cao
+ 12g Haematitum	Dai Zhe Shi