GE GEN QIN LIAN TANG JIA WEI - 葛根芩芩汤加味 - AUGMENTED PUERARIA, SCUTELLARIA AND COPTIS DECOCTION

English:	Augmented Pueraria, Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	3-18g	Clears Heat and dries Dampness.
Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	3-10g	Clears Heat and drains Dampness. With Ge Gen, for diarrhea in Exterior syndromes. With Huang Qin, Ge Gen and Gan Cao, for External Heat with diarrhea or dysentery. With Huang Qin and Ge Gen, for Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao with diarrhea or dysentery. With Huang Qi, for explosive diarrhea and dysentery with burning pain in the anus or fetid, filthy stools and abdominal pain.
Rx. Puerariae	Ge Gen	4-21g	Generates fluids, Raises Spleen Yang and stops diarrhea, Relieves Heat, Relieves thirst. With Huang Lian and Huang Qin, for Heat induced diarrhea.
Talcum	Hua Shi	18-30g	Promotes urination and expels Damp-Heat.
Poria	Fu Ling	9-18g	Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and strengthens the Spleen. With Ze Xie, facilitates the removal of water and leaches out Dampness to treat stagnant water and Dampness leading to edema, jaundice, diarrhea, Milky Lin, and scanty, difficult urination with abdominal distention.
Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie	4.5-16g	Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	4-15g	Promotes urination to solidify the stool and clears Damp-Heat. With Ze Xie, for Lin Syndrome, edema and distention.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	6-30g	Clears Heat, relieves toxicity and promotes urination.
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	6-20g	Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. With Lian Qiao, for various Heat disorders.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3-5g	Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.

Formula Actions

• Clear Heat
• Resolve Dampness
• Stop diarrhea

Syndromes

• Lower Jiao Intestinal Damp-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Lower Jiao pain Constipation or Diarrhea with yellow, hot loose fetid stools Heaviness Headache Dull Spirit

Abdominal distention Mental fuzziness T: Normal C: Yellowish white and greasy P: Soft or maybe Slippery and rapid

Treats

Diarrhea associated with AIDS/HIV

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications