Liu Yi San - 六一散 - Six One Powder

English:	Six One Powder
Also Known As:	Six-to-One Powder

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Talcum	Hua Shi	18-30g (6)	Clears Summerheat and drains Damp-Heat. With Gan Cao, generates fluids.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae	Gan Cao	3-5g (1)	Harmonizes the Middle Jiao, mildly clears Heat, and detoxifies.

Formula Actions

• Clears Summerheat
• Resolves Dampness
• Tonifies Qi

Syndromes

• Summerheat and Dampness
• Lin syndrome
• Damp-Heat skin disorders
• Summer-Heat with interior Damp (Secondary source)

Clinical Manifestations

Fever Sweating Thirst Irritability Fidgeting Nausea Vomiting Reddish urine Pain from urinary stones Dysuria

Urinary difficulty Diarrhea Scanty dark urine Painful urination Papules Sores T: Normal or red C: Thin, yellow and greasy P: Soggy and rapid or Forceful and rapid

Treats

Upper respiratory tract infection Urinary tract infection Urolithiasis Prickly heat Cystitis Diarrhea Allergy Infantile diarrhea Oliguria Furuncles

Eczema Summer fevers Urethritis Acute gastroenteritis Sunstroke Stomach flu Pertussis Nephrolithiasis Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning Kidney failure

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Mix the two ingredients with honey.

Modifications

For Dry Summerheat:		For severe Summerheat:
- Talcum	Hua Shi	+ Preparatio Citrulli	Xi Gua Shuang
+ 9 gm Gypsum	Shi Gao	+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
For severe thirst with a red tongue:		For injury to Qi and fluids:
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	+ Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii	Xi Yang Shen
+ Rx. Adenophorae/ Glehniae	Sha Shen	For stony painful urination:
+ Hb. Dendrobii	Shi Hu	+ Hb. Lysimachiae	Jin Qian Cao
+ Rx. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	+ Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin
For bloody painful urination:		+ Sp. Lygodii	Hai Jin Sha
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	For cystitis or urethritis:
+ Hb. Cirsii	Xiao Ji	+ Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai
Or		For sore throat, blood shot eyes, and cold sores:
Cacumen Biotae	Ce Bai Ye	+ Indigo Naturalis	Qing Dai
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos	Xiao Ji	For Lin syndrome:
Or		+ Hb. Ecliptae	Mo Han Lian
+ Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen	+ Poria	Fu Ling
+ Hb. siva Rx. Cirsii Japonici	Da Ji	+ Rz. Alismatis	Ze Xie
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos	Xiao Ji	For reduced, dark urination:
Cacumen Platycladi	Ce Bai Ye	+ Poria Rubra	Chi Fu Ling
For fever in the summer:		For fever and chills:
+ Fasc. Luffae	Si Gua Luo	Hb. Menthae	Bo He
+ Raiment Citrulli	Xi Gua Cui Yi	For Summer-Heat with irritability:
Or		+ Cinnabaris	Zhu Sha
+ Fasc. Luffae	Si Gua Luo	+ Medulla Junci	Deng Xin Cao
+ Citrus Citrulli	Xi Gua Cui Yi	To promote urination and induce sweating:
+ Fol. Bambusae	Zhu Ye	+ Bul. Allii Fistulosi	Cong Bai
For dysenteric disorders with pus and Blood during the summer caused by Cold food or drink:		+ Sm. Sojae Preparatum	Dan Dou Chi
+ Charred Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi Tan	For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis:
+ Rz. Zingiberis	Gan Jiang	+ Gryllodes	Xi Shuai
Or		For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with large stones:
+ Fr. Crataegi	Shan Zha	+ Gryllodes	Xi Shuai
+ Rz. Zingiberis	Gan Jiang	+ 30g Sp. Lygodii	Hai Jin Sha
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with dysuria with burring urination:		+ 30g Hb. Lysimachiae	Jin Qian Cao
+ Gryllodes	Xi Shuai	For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with Blood in the urine:
+ 12g Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi	+ Gryllodes	Xi Shuai
+ 12g Fol. Pyrrosiae	Shi Wei	+ 30g Rz. Imperatae	Bai Mao Gen
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with colic pain:		+ 12g Hb. Dianthi	Qu Mai
+ 5g Succinum	Hu Po	+ 12g Hb. Polygoni Avicularis	Bian Xu
For infantile diarrhea with infection:		For infantile diarrhea with Spleen Deficiency:
+ Fr. Amomi	Sha Ren	+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu
+ Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	+ Rx. Ginseng	Ren Shen
For pertussis in overweight people:		For pertussis in underweight people:
+ Rx. Codonopsis	Dang Shen	+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis	Dang Gui
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae	Bai Zhu	+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba	Bai Shao
+ Poria	Fu Ling	+ Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata	Shu Di Huang
For concurrent Exterior conditions with chills and aversion to Wind, headache with a sense of distention and a cough:		+ Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong
For stomatitis with a sticky tongue coating and foul breath:
+ Hb. Menthae	Bo He	+ Sm. Plantaginis	Che Qian Zi
For eczema:		+ Drain the Yellow Powder Xie Huang San
+ Liang Xue Chu Shi Tang