Dang Gui Liu Huang Wan / Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang - 当归六黄汤 - Decoction Of Chinese Angelica And Six Yellow Ingredients

English:	Decoction of Chinese Angelica and Six Yellow Ingredients
Also Known As:	Tangkuei and Six-Yellow Decoction

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui	3.5-15g	Tonifies the Blood, regulates menses and invigorates and harmonizes the Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	3.5-20g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes the Yin and generates fluids With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang	3.5-20g	Tonifies the Blood and Yin.
Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	3-15g	Clears Heat, Drains Dampness, Drains Fire, Relieves toxicity.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	3.5-15g	Clears Lung Heat, Detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang, Dries Dampness drains Fire. With Huang Lian, for high fever and irritability in warm-febrile disease.
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	3.5-15g	Drains Damp-Heat, drains Kidney Fire and relieves toxicity.
Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi	7-30g	Strengthens the Spleen, tonifies Qi, generates Body Fluids, raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, nourishes Blood, promotes urination, reduces edema and expels toxins. With Dang Gui, for Qi and Blood Deficiency. With Huang Bai and Sheng Di Huang, for Yin Deficiency with night sweats.

Formula Actions

• Nourishes Yin
• Clears Heat
• Stabilizes the Exterior
• Stops sweating

Syndromes

• Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Fire with Blood Deficiency
• Yin deficiency with Empty-Heat causing night sweats (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Fever Night sweats Red face Dry mouth Leukorrhagia with yellow, thick, foul discharge Constipation Dark, scanty urine Irritation Fidgeting Insomnia

Five Sole Heat Irregular menstruation A thin physique Nocturnal emissions Parched lips Irritability Dry stools T: Dark red and dry C: Dry and yellow or None P: Flooding and rapid or Thin and rapid

Treats

Lung consumption Steaming bone disorder Post febrile disease Chronic epistaxis Hyperthyroidism Pulmonary tuberculosis Chronic hepatitis Viral hepatitis Silicosis Myocarditis Insomnia Abnormal perspiration COPD Allergic purpura Herpes zoster Night sweats Indigestion

Metrorrhagia Chronic bronchitis Cholecystitis Nephritis Urinary tract infection Neurasthenia Osteomyelitis Leukemia Cervicitis Hectic fever Thrombocytopenic purpura Menopause Constipation Herpes simplex Hypertension Nocturnal emissions Strangury

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Also used for Lung consumption, Steaming Bone disorder and chronic nosebleeds.

Modifications

For severe night sweating:		For Yin Deficiency without Fire:
+ Rx. Ephedrae	Ma Huang Gen	- Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ Sm. Tritici Levis	Fu Xiao Mai	- Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ Rz. Oryzae	Nuo Dao Gen Xu	- Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
For signs of Kidney Fire:		+ Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen
+ Plastrum Testudinis	Gui Ban	+ Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	For afternoon fever:
For replenishing Yin:		- Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian
+ Concha Ostreae	Mu Li	- Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin
+ Plastrum Testudinis	Gui Ban	- Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
+ Carapax Trionycis	Bie Jia	+ Plastrum Testudinis	Gui Ban
For leukorrhagia with thick, yellow, foul discharge:		+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
- Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	For serious fever:
+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
For a lingering illness with Kidney Yin Deficiency:		+ Cx. Lycii	Di Gu Pi
+ Rehmannia and Schisandra Formula Qi Wei Du Qi Wan		+ Plastrum Testudinis	Gui Ban
+ Carapax Trionycis	Bie Jia
For more sweat:		For a dry mouth and tidal fever:
+ Sm. Tritici Levis	Fu Xiao Mai	+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Ephedrae	Ma Huang Gen	+ Plastrum Testudinis	Gui Ban
For perspiration with Qi and Blood Deficiency:		For perspiration with Qi and Yin Deficiency:
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	+ Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong
+ More Rx. Astragali	Huang Qi	+ Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii	Xi Yang Shen
For profuse perspiration:
+ Fr. Schisandrae	Wu Wei Zi	For menopause with Yin Deficient Fire:
+ Fossilia Ossis Mastodi	Long Gu	+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
For menopause with profuse spontaneous perspiration:		+ Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
For menopause with severe night sweats:
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu	+ Two Ultimate Pill Er Zhi Wan
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	+ Bul. Lilii	Bai He
For menopause with insomnia:		For tuberculosis with night sweats:
+ Poria Pararadicis	Fu Shen	+ 30g Fr. Tritici Levis	Fu Xiao Mai
+ Fr. Schisandrae	Wu Wei Zi	+ 30g Concha Ostreae	Mu Li
For night sweats:
+ 15g Fr. Tritici Levis	Fu Xiao Mai
Or
+ Fr. Tritici Levis	Fu Xiao Mai
+ Rx. Oryzae	Nuo Dao Gen