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Coptis Upper-Body-Clearing Pill
黄连上清丸 〔黃連上清丸〕 huáng lián shàng qīng wán
Source: Empirical formula
Ingredients
- Dà huáng (大黄 Rhei Radix et Rhizoma, rhubarb)
- Huáng lián (黄连 Coptidis Rhizoma, coptis [root])
- Huáng qín (黄芩 Scutellariae Radix, scutellaria [root])
- Huáng bǎi (黄柏 Phellodendri Cortex, phellodendron [bark])
- Zhī zǐ (栀子 Gardeniae Fructus, gardenia [fruit])
- Lián qiào (连翘 Forsythiae Fructus, forsythia [fruit])
- Jiāng huáng (姜黄 Curcumae Longae Rhizoma, turmeric)
- Dāng guī wěi (当归尾 Angelicae Sinensis Radicis Extremitas, Chinese angelica [root] tail)
- Jú huā (菊花 Chrysanthemi Flos, chrysanthemum [flower])
- Jié gěng (桔梗 Platycodonis Radix, platycodon [root])
- Gé gēn (葛根 Puerariae Radix, pueraria [root])
- Bò hé (薄荷 Menthae Herba, mint)
- Xuán shēn (玄参 Scrophulariae Radix, scrophularia [root])
- Tiān huā fěn (天花粉 Trichosanthis Radix, trichosanthes root)
- Chuān xiōng (川芎 Chuanxiong Rhizoma, chuanxiong [rhizome])
Actions: Clear heat and disperses wind; downbears fire and frees the stool.
Indications: Dizziness, mouth and tongue sores, painful swollen gums, or fulminant fire eye with yellow or reddish urine and constipation. Tongue: Red with yellow fur. Pulse: Slippery and fast or slippery and stringlike. In modern clinical practice it is used to treat labyrinthitis, vestibular neuronitis, angioneurotic headache, acute conjunctivitis, pale roots of the teeth