XIE PI CHU RE YIN - 泻脾除熱饮 - DRAIN THE SPLEEN AND CLEAR HEAT DRINK

English:	Drain the Spleen and Clear Heat Drink
Also Known As:

Herbs And Actions

Pharmaceutical Latin	Pin Yin	Dosage	Actions
Fr. Leonuri	Chong Wei Zi	10g	Clears Heat and clears the eyes.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae	Fang Feng	6g	Releases the Exterior and expels External Wind.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	10g	Drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang. With Zhi Zi, powerfully clears and drains lurking Heat from the Lungs with fever, fullness in the chest, coughing with yellow sputum and epistaxis or hematemesis.
Rx. Scrophulariae	Xuan Shen	10g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, transforms Phlegm-Heat, drains Fire and Relieves toxicity.
Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi	10g	Clears Heat, reduces Fire and eliminates irritability.
Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	18g	Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst. With Zhi Mu, for a high fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei	Da Huang	6g	Drains Fire, clears Heat and reduces Fire toxicity.
Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu	6g	Clears Heat and drains Fire Nourishes Yin and moistens Dryness
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	6g	Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity. With Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency fever. With Zhi Zi, resolves constraint and directs Qi downward for clearing Heat and Fire from the Liver channel.
Flos Chrysanthemi	Ju Hua	6g	Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver, clears the eyes and detoxifies. With Fang Feng, for Wind-Heat irritating the Exterior with slight chills, mild fever, headache and itchy eyes.

Formula Actions

• Dispels Wind
• Clears Heat
• Detoxifies

Syndromes

• Wind-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Acute eye pain Redness and swelling of the eye with a burning sensation Pain is aggravated by exposure to Wind and Heat Formation of pus in the eye Fever

Aversion to Cold Thirst A distending headache Constipation T: Red tip C: Yellow P: Floating and rapid

Treats

Eye pain

Contraindications And Herb/Drug Interactions

Notes

Modifications

For pus in the eye:		For a headache:
+ 10g Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	+ 10g Rz. Chuanxiong	Chuan Xiong
+ 10g Flos Chrysanthemi Indici	Ye Ju Hua	+ 5g Hb. Menthae	Bo He
		For a fever:
For constipation:		+ 5g Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu
+ Aloe	Liu Hui	+ 10g Rx. Isatidis	Ban Lan Gen
+ Natrii Sulfas	Mang Xiao