HERB FORMULAS

GE GEN HUANG QIN HUANG LIAN TANG - 葛根黃蓮黃苓湯 - KUDZU, SCUTELLARIA AND COPTIS DECOCTION

English: Kudzu, Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction
Also Known As: Kudzu, Coptis and Scute Decoction
Kudzu, Coptis and Scutellaria Decoction
Pueraria, Coptis, and Scute Combination
Decoction of Pueraria, Scutellaria, and Coptis

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen 6-24g Discharges Exterior conditions, Raises Yang and releases the muscles especially of the neck and upper back, relieves Heat, generates fluids and relieves thirst.
With Huang Qin and Huang Lian, for Heat induced diarrhea and dysenteric disorders due to Damp-Heat.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 3-12g Clears Lung Heat, drains Fire and detoxifies.
With Huang Lian, drains pathogenic Heat from the upper and middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes irritability in warm-febrile disease, toothache and explosive diarrhea and dysentery with burning pain in the anus or fitted, filthy stools and abdominal pain.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3-10g Drains Fire, relieves toxicity, clears Heart Fire and drains Stomach Fire.
With Huang Lian, Huang Qin and Ge Gen, for External Heat with diarrhea or dysentery.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 2-6g Moderates and harmonizes the properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Releases the Exterior
  • Clears Internal Yang Ming Heat
  • Raises Yang to stop diarrhea

SYNDROMES

  • Improper treatment of Tai Yang Stage with purgatives (c).
  • Lower Jiao Damp Heat with lingering exterior symptoms.
  • Diarrhea and dysentery whether or not there is Wind Invasion.

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fever
  • Sweating
  • Thirst
  • Dysenteric diarrhea
  • Foul-smelling stools
  • A burning sensation around the anus
  • Gasping
  • Ephidrosis
  • Palpitations
  • Tenesmus
  • Maybe red tinged urine
  • Irritability and Heat in the chest and epigastrium
  • Stiffness and spasms at the back of the neck
  • Dry mouth
  • Dyspnea with perspiration
  • Maybe wheezing
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow (Greasy)
  • P: Rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with dysentery or diarrhea with no fever and a slow, submerged pulse (Deficiency Cold).
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • For diaper rash: Best results are obtained when the formula is used both internally and topically as a wash. Take internally four times a day. Wash three times a day.

MODIFICATIONS

For abdominal pain: For high fever & stools with pus or blood:
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi
For more prominent exterior manifestations:
For pronounced wheezing:
+ Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua + Cx. Mori Alba Sang Bai Pi
For pronounced Dampness with a greasy tongue coat and a slippery pulse:
For less severe Heat:
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
- Kudzu, Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction
Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ Agastache Powder to Rectify the Qi
Huo Xiang Zheng Qi Tang
For interior patterns with blood and pus in the stool and no chest or abdominal symptoms:
For diarrhea with vomiting:
+ Pulsatilla Decoction
Bai Tou Weng Tang
 + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For abdominal pain and diarrhea:
For acute colitis:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi + Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For measles with impede expression of the rash or for aphthae or gingivitis due to Stomach Heat:
For dysentery with abdominal pain, bloody stools and tenesmus:
+ Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma + Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng
For enteritis with diarrhea:
 + Rx. Aucklandia Mu Xiang
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua + Fr. Citri Aurantii Zhi Ke
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
For vomiting:
For tenesmus:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang + Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
For nausea and vomiting:
For Food Stagnation:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + Fr. Hordei Germinatus Mai Ya
+ Caul. Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru + Sm. Raphani Lai Fu Zi
For indigestion:
 + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
For acute bacterial dysentery:
+ Massa Fermentata Shen Qu + Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng
or
 + Rx. Aucklandia Mu Xiang
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha Per. Citri Reticulatae Viride Qing Pi
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
For vomiting:
+Fr. Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
For amoebic dysentery:
+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
- Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi
For amoebic dysentery with a high fever:
+ Pulsatilla Decoction
Bai Tou Weng Tang
- Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi
+ Pulsatilla Decoct on
Bai Tou Weng Tang
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For amoebic dysentery with hemafecia:
- Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Pulsatilla Decoct on
Bai Tou Weng Tang
For amoebic dysentery with nausea and vomiting:
- Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Pulsatilla Decoction
Bai Tou Weng Tang
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu + Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For amoebic dysentery with abdominal pain:
- Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Pulsatilla Decoction
Bai Tou Weng Tang
For enteritis:
+ Rx. Pulsatilla Bai Tou Weng
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po + Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For gastritis:
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For gastritis with constipation:
 + Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For gastritis with loose stools:
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Hb. Hedyotis Bai Hua She She Cao + Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For gastritis with acid reflux:
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu + Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For gastritis with nausea and vomiting:
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Calcined Concha Arcae Duan Wu Ling Zi + Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For gastritis with abdominal distention:
 + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi
For gastritis with Food Stagnation:
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang + Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Hb. Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Huo Xiang
For childhood fever in the Spring:
+ Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao + Dry-fried Sm. Raphani Chao Lai Fu Zi
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha
For childhood fever in the Summer:
 + Massa Medica Fermentata Shen Qu
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
For childhood fever in the Fall:
For childhood fever in the Winter:
+ Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng + Hb. Ephedrae Ma Huang
For prominent Dampness:
For prominent Heat:
+ 12-15g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu +15-30g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 9-12g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ 12-15g Poria Fu Ling + 9-12g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 15-30g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
For severe diarrhea:
For cramping abdominal pain:
 + 15-18g Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian
+ 6-9g Hb Agastaches/ Pogostemonis Mu Xiang
For bleeding:
+ 9-12g Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ 9-12g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ 9-12g Flos Sophorae Huai Hua Mi
For nausea or vomiting:
For abdominal distention:
+ 9-12g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 9-12g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ 12-15g Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru + 9-12g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For difficult or scanty urination:
For Food Stagnation or diarrhea associated with overindulgence:
 + 12-18g Talcum Hua Shi
For signs of residual Wind-Heat:
+ 15g Baked Massa Medicata Fermentata Jiao Shen Qu +15-30g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 9-12g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ 15g Dry-fried Fr. Hordei Germinatus Chao Mai Ya + 6g Hb. Menthae Bo He
For giardia:
+ 15g Dry-fried Fr. Crataegi Chao Shan Zha + 15g Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao
For abdominal pain due to Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao:
 + 6-9g Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan
For abdominal pain due to Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao with Damp predominant:
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 12g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong + 12g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 12g Poria Fu Ling + 6g Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong
+ 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + 15g Poria Fu Ling
For abdominal pain due to Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao with a burning sensation in the anus:
 + 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ 9g Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
For abdominal pain due to Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao with a fever due to sunstroke:
+ 12g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao
+ 6g Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong
+ 15g Poria Fu Ling + 12g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + 6g Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong
+ 9g Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru + 15g Poria Fu Ling
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + 9g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For hematochezia due to Excess Heat:
+ 9g Hb. Moslae Xiang Ru
+ Rx. Notoginseng San Qi + 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ Rx. Rubiae Qian Cao Gen + 18g Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
For ulcerative colitis:
   
- Rx Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao    
   
+ 30g Flos Lonicerae in Yin Hua    
+ 15g Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng    
+ 10g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi    
+ 10g Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang    
+ 10g Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke