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Source: Huò Luàn Lùn 霍乱论

Ingredients:

• Hòu pò (厚朴 Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex, officinal magnolia bark) 12g
• Huáng lián (黄连 Coptidis Rhizoma, coptis [root]) 10g
• Shí chāng pú (石菖蒲 Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma, acorus [root]) 6g
• Jiāng bàn xià (姜半夏 Pinelliae Rhizoma cum Zingibere Praeparatum, ginger[-processed] pinellia [rhizome]) 10g
• Shān zhī (山栀 Gardeniae Fructus, gardenia [fruit]) 10g
• Dòu chǐ (豆豉 Sojae Semen Fermentatum, fermented soybean[2]) 10g
• Lú gēn (芦根 Phragmitis Rhizoma, phragmites [root]) 15g

Action: Clears heat and disinhibits dampness; transforms turbidity and harmonizes the center.

Indication: Cholera (sudden turmoil) due to damp-heat brewing internally and characterized by vomiting and diarrhea, glomus and oppression in the chest and stomach duct, and short voidings of reddish urine. Tongue fur: Yellow and slimy.

Category: Dampness-dispelling formulas / Heat-clearing dampness-dispelling formulas

Method: Decoct with water.

Rationale: Huáng lián is a cold bitter agent that clears heat and dries dampness. Hòu pò is a warm acrid agent that moves qì and transforms dampness. The two together form a acrid opening and bitter downbearing combination that is effective for treating binding damp-heat. Zhī zǐ clears heat and dries damp while Lú gēn clears heat and engenders liquid. These who agents thus help the action of the Huáng lián. Dàn dòu chǐ and Shí chāng pú are aromatic foulness-repelling agents that open the stomach and loosen the center and Bàn xià dries dampness and harmonizes the center, moves phlegm and downbears counterflow. These two agents upbear the clear and downbear the turbid, thus addressing the vomiting and diarrhea.

Similar: Sān rén tāng (三仁汤 Three Kernels Decoction)

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