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Source: Sù Wèn Bìng Jī Qì Yí Bǎo Mìng Jí 素问病机气宜保命集

Ingredients:

• Huáng lián (黄连 Coptidis Rhizoma, coptis [root]) 9g
• Sháo yào (芍药 Paeoniae Radix, peony [root]) 9g
• Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica) 9g
• Bīng láng (槟榔 Arecae Semen, areca [nut]) 9g
• Mù xiāng (木香 Aucklandiae Radix, costusroot) 9g
• Huáng qín (黄芩 Scutellariae Radix, scutellaria [root]) 9g
• Zhī zǐ (栀子 Gardeniae Fructus, gardenia [fruit]) 9g
• Lián qiào (连翘 Forsythiae Fructus, forsythia [fruit]) 9g
• Dà huáng (大黄 Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, rhubarb) 9g
• Jié gěng (桔梗 Platycodonis Radix, platycodon [root]) 3g
• Bò hé (薄荷 Menthae Herba, mint) 3g
• Gān cǎo (甘草 Glycyrrhizae Radix, licorice [root]) 3g

Action: Clears heat and resolves toxin; quickens the blood and disperses swelling; frees the stool and discharges heat.

Indication: Welling-abscess (yōng) toxin in the interior with signs of exuberant heat prior to damage to liquid such as heat effusion, thirst, manic vexation and agitation, constipation, short voidings of reddish urine, abdominal distension, and retching. Tongue: Red with turbid yellow fur. Pulse: Slippery and rapid.

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Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Huáng lián, Huáng qín, and Zhī zǐ are cold and bitter, and penetrate the interior. They clear heat and resolve toxin. Bò hé, Lián qiào, and Jié gěng are acrid and dispersing, and enter the exterior. All these agents together cause the heat toxin to be dispersed internally and discharged from the body enhancing the heat-clearing and toxin-resolving action of the formula. Dāng guī, Bái sháo, and Mù xiāng move qì and quicken the blood to disperse swelling and relieve pain. Bīng láng and Dà huáng move qì and free the stool, carrying fire toxin out of the body. Gān cǎo helps the heat-clearing and toxin resolving action of Huáng lián.

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