HERB FORMULAS

JAUNDICE #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Lithospermi/Arnebiae Zi Cao 30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, invigorates Blood circulation, relieves Fire toxins and promotes urination.
Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai 30g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and disperses Stagnation.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 30g Promotes the movement of Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, dispels Damp-Heat and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen.
With Huang Lian, for dysentery and diarrhea, especially when accompanied by tenesmus and abdominal distention and discomfort.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 30g Clears Heat and drains Dampness Drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Cools the Blood
  • Invigorates Blood circulation
  • Relieves Fire toxins
  • Promotes the movement of Qi
  • Dispels Damp-Heat
  • Harmonizes the Liver and Spleen

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat with Fire toxicity

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin bright yellow)
  • Pain and fullness in ribs on both sides
  • Maybe pain in the right hypochondrium
  • Bitter taste in mouth
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting sour and bitter fluids
  • Anorexia
  • Maybe alternating chills and fever
  • Concentrated, dark urine
  • Abdominal distention
  • Women:
    Yellow vaginal discharge with foul smell
    Pruritis vulvae
  • Men:
    Pain, swelling and burning sensations of testicles
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy or sticky
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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