Lian Qiao Bai Du San - 连翘败毒散 - Forsythia Powder To Overcome Pathogenic Influences

English:	Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences
Also Known As:	Forsythia Detox Formula

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	9g	Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao), relieves toxicity, reduces abscesses, dissipates clumps and clears Blood Heat. With Niu Bang Zi and Bo He, for Wei Stage Heat.
Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	9g	Clears Heat, reduces Fire, eliminates irritability, Drains damp-Heat, cools the Blood, relieves toxicity, reduces swelling and activates the Blood. With Lian Qiao, for Heat entering the Pericardium.
Rz. et Rx. Notopterygii	Qiang Huo	8g	Expels Wind-Cold-Dampnes and guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du channels. With Chuan Xiong, for headache and generalized body aches and pains associated with the common cold.
Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	12g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, softens hardness, dissipates nodules, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. With Niu Bang Zi, Jie Geng and Bo He, for pain and swelling of the throat and purpuric rashes due to Wind-Heat. With Fang Feng, for pain due to External Wind-Dampness. With Jie Geng, for skin conditions.
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis	Bo He	5g	Benefits the throat and vents rashes, Cools and clears the head and eyes, Disperses Wind-Heat.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	5g	Releases the Exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain. With Bo He and Lian Qiao, for Wind-Heat. With Qiang Huo, for Wind-Dampness.
Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu	6g	Disperses Wind-Heat and resolves Phlegm and congestion.
Rx. Platycodi	Jie Geng	5g	Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat, expels pus and raises Lung Qi, directing the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
Rz. Cimicifugae	Sheng Ma	5g	Clears Heat, Releases the exterior, Relieves toxicity, Vents measles. With Chai Hu, for continuous fever, headache and sore throat from Wind-Heat patterns constrained in the muscle layer and erysipelas of the head and face and swelling and pain due to Fire toxin.
Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong	6g	Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi, expels Wind and alleviates pain.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui	8g	Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain. With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	9g	Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, cools the Blood and detoxifies. With Chai Hu, for Heat in the Shao Yang with alternating chills and fever and nausea. With Zhi Zi, powerfully clears and drains lurking Heat from the Lungs with fever, fullness in the chest, cough with yellow sputum and epistaxis or hematemesis and sores due to Heat toxin.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao	10g	Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin, adjusts the Ying and Wei, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind and alleviates pain. With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
Fr. Arctii	Niu Bang Zi	6g	Disperses Wind-Heat, benefits the throat, relieves toxicity and vents rashes. With Bo He, for sores due to Wind-Heat, dry throat, cough with yellow sputum and incomplete expression of measles or pruritic rash. With Jie Geng and Bo He, for throat inflammation and productive cough due to Wind-Heat. With Lian Qiao, unblocks and drains Heat toxin, disperses clumps and swellings for sore, swollen throat, swellings like mumps, boils and other Heat toxin lesions and ulcerations and abscesses of the tongue and mouth.
(Flos Carthami)	(Hong Hua)	(6g)	(Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, opens the channels and alleviates pain. Decoct first.)

Formula Actions

• Release Wind-Heat
• Clear Heat
• Eliminate toxins

Syndromes

• Wind-Heat Toxins
• Mumps or neck nodules from Wind-Heat and Toxic-Heat (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Mumps

Treats

Parotitis

Mumps

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For thirst:		For facial swelling:
+ Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen	+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae	Bai Zhi
For swelling of the neck:
+ Rx. Clematidis	Wei Ling Xian	For constipation due to Excess:
For Qi Deficiency:		+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang
+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen	+ Squama Manitis	Chuan Shan Jia