Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Xi Di Qing Luo Tang - 犀地清络汤 - Decoction Of Rhinoceros Horn And Rehmannia Root For Clearing Heat From The Collaterals

English: Decoction of Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Root for Clearing Heat from Collaterals
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Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin Pin Yin Dosage Actions
Cornu Bubali Shui Niu Jiao 15g Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Sheng Di Huang, for loss of consciousness and delirium, with epistaxis, hematemesis or purpura due to Blood Heat.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 10g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Bai Mao Gen, cools the Blood, draws out toxicity and reduces searing Heat for Ying Stage Heat.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 10g Clears Heat especially in the Upper Jiao, Cools the Blood and promotes urination, Relieves toxicity.
Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao 3g Cools the Blood, Leaches out Dampness, Promotes urination, Stops bleeding.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 10g

Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and reduces swelling.
With Bai Mao Gen, for hematuria, hematemesis, and epistaxis due to warm febrile disease.
With Shui Niu Jiao, Sheng Di Huang and Chi Shao, for Xue Stage Heat.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Ying and Xue Stage Heat.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, relieves pain, clears Heat, cools the Blood and reduces swelling.
With Tao Ren, for Blood Stasis.
With Mu Dan Pi, for Blood Stasis disorders.
Sm. Persicae Tao Ren 6g Breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation, moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels.
Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen 10g Cools the Blood, stops bleeding, clears Heat and promotes urination.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Heat injuring the Yin and bleeding due to Heat in the Blood.

Formula Actions

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates toxins
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Removes Blood Stasis
  • Unblocks the channels

Syndromes

  • Toxic Heat

Clinical Manifestations

  • Gradual enlargement of skull
  • Prominent and distending fontanel
  • Closure of fontanel sutures with recurrent separation
  • Dropping eyes
  • Fever
  • Shortness of breath
  • Dysphoria with crying and tantrums
  • Flushed complexion with red lips
  • Strabismus
  • Spasm of limbs
  • Dark and scanty and deep yellow urine
  • Constipation
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellowish
  • P: Taut and rapid with a purple, sluggish superficial venule of index finger

Treats

  • Hydrocephalus

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Notes

Modifications

For Stagnation of Phlegm and Heat, chest distress with nausea and a red tongue with a yellowish coat: For patients with clonic convulsion:
+ 6g Scorpio Quan Xie
+ 10g Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng
+ 6g Arisaema cum Bile Dan Nan Xing
+ 10g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + 12g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ 6g Pheretima Di Long
+ 10g Concretio Bambusae Silicea Tian Zhu Huang

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Conditions (1)

Hydrocephalus

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.