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Heat - Upper
and Middle Jiao |
Liang Ge San |
涼
膈
散 |
Cool Valley
Function: drains Fire, unblocks bowels
by clearing upper & middle Jiao
Composition:
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Da Huang
|
Radix and rhizoma rhei
|
600g
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Mang Xiao
|
Mirabilitum
|
600g
|
|
|
Gan Cao
|
Radix glycyrrhizae
uralensis
|
600g
|
|
|
Huang Qin
|
Radix scutellariae
|
300g
|
|
|
Zhi Zi
|
Fructus gardeniae
jasminoidis
|
300g
|
|
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Lian Qiao
|
Fructus forsythiae
suspensae
|
1200g
|
|
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Bo He
|
Herba mentae haplocalycis
|
300g
|
Indications:
Heat in the chest and diaphragm
causing irritability. Heat in the ST and intestines causes
thirst, dry lips, mouth, sore throat, constipation, and dark
scanty urine. Heart Fire produces cankers, red lips, and a
disturbed spirit (irritable, insomnia, delirious speech). Heat
in the Lungs or Liver show dry bloody nasal passages, red dry
eyes, headaches, and dry hacking coughs. T: red, yellow or dry
coating; P: rapid.
Heat in the upper
and mid Jiao is the focus of this formula. It is a variation of
tiao wei cheng qi tang
with less of a purgative action. Once constipation has been
relieved the practitioner should be careful as to not damage the
SP with da huang and mang xiao.
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