HERB FORMULAS

LIU WEI TANG - 六味湯 - SIX INGREDIENT DECOCTION

English: Six Ingredients Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 3-12g Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat, expels pus and opens and raises Lung Qi, directing the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
With Sheng Gan Cao, disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, resolves toxicity, and expels pus for productive cough with hoarseness, pain and swelling of the throat due to Wind-Heat.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 1.5-14g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm and stops cough.
With Jie Geng, for pain and swelling of the throat.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 3-10g Releases the exterior and expels External Wind and Cold.
With Jing Jie, for Wind-Cold or Exterior patterns in any season.
With Jing Jie and Chan Tui, for dermatological disorders with rash, irritability and itching.
Flos Schizonepeta Jing Jie 3-10g Releases the exterior, expels Wind, vents rashes and relieves itching.
With Bo He, releases the exterior to induce sweating, disperses Wind in the head, vents rashes and alleviates itching.
With Jie Geng and Sheng Gan Cao, for acute cough associated with External disorders.
With Fang Feng, for pruritic itching.
Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can 3-10g Dispels Wind, disperses Wind-Heat and stops itching and pain.
With Jie Geng, Bo He and Fang Feng, for hoarseness and painful, red throat due to Wind-Heat.
With Chan Tui, for eczema or rash due to Wind.
Hb. Menthae Bo He 3-6g Disperses Wind-Heat and cools and clears the head and eyes, vents rashes and benefits the throat.
With Jing Jie, for Wind-Heat.
With Jie Geng and Jiang Can, for painful, swollen throat.
Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui 3-10g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, vents rashes and relieves itching.
With Bo He, for incomplete expression of measles and Wind, rash, or itchy, red eyes and pterygium.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Opens the Lungs
  • Warms Cold
  • Spreads Lung Qi
  • Expels Phlegm
  • Benefits the throat
  • Expels Wind
  • Disperses Wind-Heat
  • Stops itching and pain

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dry cough
  • Sore, red, swollen throat
  • Slight thirst, with desire to drink cold liquids
  • Runny or blocked nose
  • Fever with little perspiration
  • Slight chills
  • Aversion to Wind
  • May be dyspnea with flared nostrils
  • Headache
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Thin and yellow or white
  • P: Superficial and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For acute laryngitis due to Wind-Cold Attacking the Lungs: For acute pharyngitis due to Wind-Cold Attacking the Lungs:
+ Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye + Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren + Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
or
 For acute laryngitis, hoarseness or loss of voice due to Wind-Cold Attacking the Lungs with a productive cough:
+ Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
+ Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
+ Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu + Fol. Perillae Zi Su Ye
+ Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang + Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
    + Rx. Peucedani Qian Hu
    + Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang
    + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
   
    Rz. Cynanchi Stauntonii Bai Qian