HERB FORMULAS

LI HUO TANG

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 9g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, drains Fire, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, reduces Fire toxicity and eliminates Phlegm.
With Huang Lian, for distention, Heart palpitations, mental distress with facial congestion and epilepsy due to Excess Heat.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Che Qian Zi, for Lin syndrome, especially Milky Lin.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 9g Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Zhi Zi and Shi Gao, for Ying Stage Heat with delirium and loss of consciousness.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi 9g Drains Damp-Heat and invigorates the Blood.
Bul Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu 6g Clears Heat and transforms Phlegm.
Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing 9g Promotes the movement of Blood and invigorates the channels.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 15g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire and clears Blazing Stomach Fire.
Hb Artemisiae Anomalae Liu Ji Nu 9g Dispels Blood Stasis, unblocks menstruation, alleviates pain, reduces Food Stagnation and transforms accumulations.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Removes accumulations
  • Strengthens the Spleen
  • Dries Dampness
  • Transforms Phlegm
  • Clears Damp-Heat
  • Invigorates the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat with Internal Fire

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Epigastric mass
  • Maybe abdominal pain on palpation
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin are bright yellow)
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Lassitude
  • Scanty, dark urine
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Fever
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • Yellow vaginal discharge
  • Black, foul smelling vaginal discharge
  • Lower abdominal pain
  • Sharp, painful urination
  • Swollen vagina
  • Red face
  • T: Pink or Red
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy (maybe sticky)
  • P: Soft and rapid or Slippery and rapid or Deep and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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