HERB FORMULAS

HUANG QIN HUA SHI TANG JIA JIAN - 黄芩滑石黄芩滑石汤加減 - MODIFIED SCUTELLARIA AND TALCUM DECOCTION

English: Modified Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 12g Clears Heat, drains Fire, dries Dampness and detoxifies.
With Hua Shi, Tong Cao and Bai Dou Kou, for Damp-Heat with fever, chest fullness and a greasy tongue coat.
Talcum Hua Shi 9-10g Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Bladder, clears and releases Summerheat and expels Damp-Heat through the urine.
With Huang Qin and Tong Cao, for Damp-Warmth when Damp-Heat obstructs the Qi Level.
With Fu Ling and Yi Yi Ren, for Damp-Heat diarrhea.
Poriae Fu Ling 12g Expels Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle jiao.
Sm. Arecae Bing Lang 10g Regulates Qi, reduces accumulations, drains downward unblocks the bowels, promotes urination and relieves nausea.
Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou 10g Aromatically transforms Dampness, descends Qi, moves Qi and transforms Stagnation.
Medulla Tetrapanacis Tong Cao 10g Promotes urination and clears Heat.
With Bai Dou Kou, Hua Shi and Yi Yi Ren, for painful urination, cloudy urination and heaviness of the body due to Damp-Heat.
Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren 12g Promotes urination, expels Dampness and clears Damp-Heat.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen Deficiency with Excess Dampness and edema.
Cx. Magnoliae Hou Po 12g Moves Qi, transforms Dampness and descends Qi.
With Zhi Ke, for abdominal distention due to Qi and Food Stagnation.
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 10g Breaks up Stagnant Qi, reduces accumulations, descends Qi and unblocks the bowels.
Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao 20g Clears Heat and toxins, reduces swelling, drains Damp-Heat and promotes urination.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Dampness
  • Transforms the turbid
  • Opens the nasal cavities

SYNDROMES

  • Sinusitis due to Damp-Heat affecting the Middle Jiao

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Vertigo
  • Sensation of heaviness
  • Pain
  • Discharge of yellow turbid nasal mucus
  • Nasal passages are continuously and severely congested
  • Nasal septum is red, swollen, distended and sore
  • Complete absence of sense of smell
  • Swelling is especially prevalent
  • Fatigue
  • Epigastric and abdominal distention
  • Poor appetite
  • Dark urination
  • T: Red.
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Soft or Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe headache and nasal congestion: For high fever:
+ Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi + Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Hb. Menthae Bo He + Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ Hb. Asari Xi Xin + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
For pronounced Dampness:
    
+ Modified Poria Four Powder
Si Ling Tang Jia Jian