Qing Gong Tang - 清宫湯 - Clear The Palace Decoction

English:	Clear the Palace Decoction
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	9g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, drains Fire, relieves toxicity and nourishes the Yin. With Mai Men Dong and Lian Qiao, for sore, swollen throat from toxicity and Heat.
Plumula Nelumbinis	Lian Zi Xin	1.5g	Drains Heart Fire and relieves irritability. With Xuan Shen and Mai Men Dong, for excessive sweating and thirst, irritability, fever, loss of consciousness, and delirium caused by high fever due to Warm febrile disease.
Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye	6g	Clears Heat and eliminates irritability. With Lian Zi Xin, for tongue ulcers.
Fr. Forsythiae	Lian Qiao	6g	Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao), clears Blood Heat and relieves toxicity. With Shui Niu Jiao and Lian Zi Xin, for Heat Attacking the Pericardium.
Cornu Bubali	Shui Niu Jiao	15-30g	Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, Cools the Blood, Relieves Fire toxicity, Stops bleeding.
Rx. Ophiopogonis	Mai Men Dong	9g	Clears the Heart, Eliminates irritability, Generates fluids, Moistens the Lungs, Nourishes the Stomach Yin, Nourishes the Yin, Stops cough.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat in the Heart
• Nourishes Yin Fluids

Syndromes

• Wind-Heat Damaging the Yin Fluids of the Heart Leading to Heat in the Pericardium

Clinical Manifestations

Impaired consciousness Disordered speech Fever

T: Crimson C:None

Treats

Meningitis Encephalitis B Kidney failure with coma

Septicemia Leukemic crisis Fever

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For pronounced Heat:		For a hacking cough with Phlegm that does not clear
+ 5 spoonfuls Succus Bambusae	Zhu Li	+ 4.5g Per. Trichosanthis	Gua Lou Pi
+ 5 spoonfuls Pear Juice	Li Pi	For gradual impairment of consciousness:
For a high fever:		+ 9g Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua
+ 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu	+ 6g Fol. Nelumbinis	He Ye
+ 3g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu
+ 10g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ 30g Calcitum	Han Shui Shi	For a high fever with Blood Heat
For a high fever with Extreme Heat Generating Wind:		+ 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu
+ 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii	Shi Chang Pu	+ 10g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ 30g Calcitum	Han Shui Shi
+ 10g Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin	+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao
+ 30g Calcitum	Han Shui Shi	+ Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ 5g Cornu Saigae Tatarici	Ling Yang Jiao	+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
+ Cx. Moutan	Mu Dan Pi
+5g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae	Gou Teng	For loss of consciousness and/or convulsions:
+ Cornu Saigae Tatarici	Ling Yang Jiao
For extreme thirst:		+ Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae	Gou Teng
+ Hb. Lophatheri	Dan Zhu Ye
+ Concha Ostreae	Mu Li	+ Scorpio	Quan Xie
+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	+ Scolopendra	Wu Gong