clear heat • clear heat from the organs
má xìng shí gān tāng is used for patterns with
wind-heat attacking the lungs, wind-cold transforming into heat, wen bing qi stage lung heat, concurrent tai yang and yang ming pathology.
symptoms indicating the use of má xìng shí gān tāng
fever…
clear heat • dry damp-heat
huáng lián is used for patterns with
middle jiao damp-heat, liver-fire, heart-fire, stomach-fire, blood-heat, water and fire not harmonized.
symptoms indicating the use of huáng lián
diarrhea or dysenteric disorder, enteritis and vaginal infection, cholera, acute gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, staphylococcus, vomiting and/or acid regurgitation, irritability, disorientation, delirium, red eyes, otitis…
clear heat • relieve toxicity
huáng lián jiě dú tāng is used for patterns with
fire toxin in the three jiaos pervading the exterior and interior, lung heat, and gu syndrome.
symptoms indicating the use of huáng lián jiě dú tāng
high fever, irritability, fidgeting, dry mouth and throat, incoherent…
clear heat • cool blood
shuǐ niú jiǎo is used for patterns with
ying-level heat, blood-level heat, blood-heat, fire toxin.
symptoms indicating the use of shuǐ niú jiǎo
high fever, extreme eczema, psoriasis, erythema, purpura, epistaxis, hematemesis, convulsions and delirium, manic behaviour, loss of consciousness.
use with caution…
clear heat • clear qi level heat
qīng yíng tāng is used for patterns with
patterns of heat entering the ying level, ying level heat attacking the pericardium.
symptoms indicating the use of qīng yíng tāng
high fever that is worse at night, severe irritability and restlessness, insomnia, dry mouth and thirst,…
clear heat • quell fire
shí gāo is used for patterns with
qi level heat, yang ming heat, lung heat, stomach heat/fire, blood-level heat, sores, wounds.
symptoms indicating the use of shí gāo
high fever, no chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, restlessness, encephalitis, cough, wheezing, asthma, fever, headache, toothache or swollen, bleeding gums.
…
clear heat • clear qi level heat
bái hǔ tāng is used for patterns with
patterns of blazing heat in yang ming (4 bigs!), lung and stomach excess heat, channel stage.
symptoms indicating the use of bái hǔ tāng
high fever, profuse sweating, aversion to heat, red face, red eyes, severe thirst,…
2nd overviewclear heat
let’s start with the second category of chinese herbal prescriptions that clear heat. which are the most important prescriptions in this category?
18 overviews – 18 categories
these overviews are meant to be orientation points to which you can always return to to check the most common prescriptions in the…
release the exterior • release wind-heat
gé gēn is used for patterns with
wind-heat or wind-cold lodged in upper back and neck, stomach-heat, spleen qi/yang sinking, vents rashes.
symptoms indicating the use of gé gēn
stiff painful shoulder and neck, thirst, also from wasting and thirsting (diabetes), measles, diarrhea, dysentery, hypertension with headache, dizziness, tinnitus or…
release the exterior • unresolved exterior with interior heat
gé gēn huáng lián huáng qín tāng is used for patterns with
patterns of unresolved exterior pathogen entering the yang ming level, and leading to damp-heat in the lower jiao, possibly inappropriate treatment of tai yang with laxatives.
symptoms indicating the use of…
clear heat • resolve fire-toxin
lián qiáo is used for patterns with
wind-heat, throat-bi, toxic-heat, fire-toxin, pericard-/heart-heat, blood-heat, lin syndrome.
symptoms indicating the use of lián qiáo
high fever, slight chills, sore throat, abscesses, carbuncles, erysipelas, pustules, lung abscess, scrofula, dysuria, hematuria, acute nephritis.
not in diarrhea from sp…
release the exterior • wind-heat wei level
yín qiáo sǎn is used for patterns with
exterior wind-heat with heat toxin, wind-heat attacking the lungs, wen bing wei level, summerheat with dampness.
symptoms indicating the use of yín qiáo sǎn
fever, slight or no chills, thirst, cough, sore red swollen throat, headache, runny…