San Shi Tang - 三石汤 - Three Minerals Decoction

English:	Three Minerals Decoction
Also Known As:	Three Stones Decoction

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Talcum	Hua Shi	9g	Releases Summeheat and resolves Dampness.
Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	15g	Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, Drains Fire, Quenches thirst, Relieves irritability.
Glauberitum	Han Shui Shi	9g	Expels Summerheat. With Hua Shi and Shi Gao, for Summerheat with high fever, thirst and irritability.
Sm. Armeniacae	Xing Ren	9g	Stops cough, calms wheezing, moistens the Intestines and unblocks bowels.
Caul. Bambusae in Taeniam	Zhu Ru	6g	Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm.
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	9g	Clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao, Clears Heat, Resolves Fire toxicity, Vents and disperses External Wind-Heat.
Succinum Faecalis Aureus *	Jin Zhi	One wine glass	Strongly clears Heat and resolves toxicity,
(Fol. Isatidis)	(Da Qing Ye)	(9-30g)	(May substitute for Jin Zhi.)
(Rz. Coptidis)	(Huang Lian)	(1.5-10g)	(May substitute for Jin Zhi.)
Medulla Tetrapanacis	Tong Cao	6g	Promotes urination, resolves Dampness and clears Heat.

Formula Actions

• Clears Heat (with acrid cooling herbs)
• Transforms turbidity (with aromatic herbs)

Syndromes

• Qi-Stage Summerheat and Warm pathogen disorders with Heat Flooding the San Jiao
• Phlegm-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Fever A red face Focal distention A stifling sensation in the chest

T: Red C: Yellow and slippery P: Soft and Rapid

Treats

Lyme disease Encephalitis B (early stage or mild case)

Gastroenteritis Abdominal fullness and distention

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

• Serve warm.
• * Succinum Faecalis Aureus Jin Zhi, is made by putting loose human stool in a clay pot and sealing it. It is then buried for three years and consumed. This substance is the clear water in the clay pot. At present it is not used.

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