HERB FORMULAS

HUANG LIAN JIE DU TANG WU WEI XIAO DU YIN HE CAI - 黃連解毒湯五味消毒飲合彩 COMBINED COPTIS DECOCTION TO RELIEVE TOXIN AND FIVE-INGREDIENT DECOCTION TO ELIMINATE TOXIN

English:	Combined Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxin and Five-Ingredient Decoction to Eliminate Toxin
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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin	*Pin Yin*	Dosage	Actions
Hb. Taraxaci	Pu Gong Ying	15g	Clears Heat and resolves Dampness. With Jin Yin Hua, for all hot, painful, hard, and deep-rooted boils.
Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	15g	Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. With Jin Yin Hua, for suppurating boils that have not ulcerated, or have ulcerated but are not discharging pus.
Hb. Violae	Zi Hua Di Ding	15g	Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and clears Hot sores. With Pu Gong Ying, for breast abscesses, furuncles, boils, carbuncles and Damp-Heat jaundice.
Rz. Coptidis	Huang Lian	6g	Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. With Huang Qin and Zhi Zi, for high fever, irritability, dry mouth and throat, and dark urine due to Fire toxin in the three burners. With Sheng Di Huang, for insomnia and delirium due to unremitting Heat injuring the Ying level.
Rx. Scutellariae	Huang Qin	6g	Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxins, invigorates the Blood, reduces swellings, promotes urination and reduces edema.
Cx. Phellodendri	Huang Bai	6g	*Drains Damp-Heat, especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Deficiency Fire, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.*
Charred Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi Tan	6g	Clears Heat, reduces Fire, drains Damp-Heat, cools Blood and relieves toxicity.
Raw Rx. Rehmanniae	Sheng Di Huang	10g	*Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin* and generates fluids.**
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	10g	Clears Heat, cools the Blood, activates Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.