| Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Rx. Gentianae |
Long Dan Cao |
6g |
Drains Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder channels and drains and pacifies Excess Liver Fire.
With Da Huang, for rib pain, a bitter taste, red eyes, jaundice, deafness, hot dysenteric disorders, Dampness and swelling of the scrotum, vomiting, epistaxis, fright, mania and constipation due to Liver Fire. |
| Hb. Plantaginis |
Che Qian Cao |
12g |
Clears Heat and detoxifies. |
| Rz. Alismatis |
Ze Xie |
15-30g |
Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness and settles Ministerial Fire in the Kidneys by draining Damp-Heat from the lower Jiao.
With Fu Ling, 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. |
| Rx. Bupleuri |
Chai Hu |
10g |
Spreads Liver Qi and relieves Stagnation. |
| Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae |
Yin Chen Hao |
15-30g |
Clears Damp-Heat from the Liver and Gallbladder, Clears Heat, Facilitates the resolution of Dampness, Relieves jaundice. |
| Sm. Cassiae |
Jue Ming Zi |
30g |
Clears Liver Heat, clears the vision, benefits the eyes, calms the Liver, anchors Liver Yang and reduces blood pressure and serum cholesterol. |
| Poria |
Fu Ling |
15g |
Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao. |
| Fr. Crataegi |
Shan Zha |
18g |
Reduces and guides out Food Stagnation, transforms accumulations, transforms Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation, dissipates clumps and treats hypertension, elevated serum cholesterol and coronary artery disease. |
| Rx. et Rz. Rhei |
Da Huang |
3g |
Drains Heat, purges accumulations, transforms Dampness and promotes urination.
With Yin Chen Hao, for early-Stage Damp-Heat Jaundice when Heat is stronger than Dampness. |
