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Wind Heat -
Heat |
Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang |
葛根黃芩黃連湯 |
Kudzu, Coptis, and Scutellaria Decoction
Function: releases exterior, clears Heat
Composition:
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Ge Gen
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Radix
pueraria
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15-24g
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Huang Qin
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Radix
scutellariae
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9g
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Huang
Lian
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Rhizome coptidis
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6g
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Zhi Gan
Cao
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Honey
fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis
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6g
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Indications:
Wind heat with internal middle jiao heat and LI heat and damp
causing dysentery. It is a taiyang and yangming disease where
the exterior has not been completely released and the interior
shows excess Heat (with possible dampness). This may be caused
by treatment of an exterior invasion with purgatives which sends
the pathogen deeper into the yangming causing fetid diarrhea
with a burning anus. There will be fever and sweating, thirst,
T- red with yellow coat, P- rapid, because of the internal Heat,
with irritability and a sensation of Heat in the chest. One may
also see wheezing. It is said that this condition is 7/10
interior and 3/10 exterior, hence the concentration on the
interior Heat.
Huo xiang
zheng qi san may be used in this case if the Heat is not
as severe and there is a greater presence of Damp. Bai
tou weng tang may be combined with the ge gen qin lian
tang if dysentery is more severe.
References: Shang Han Lun
