purgatives & laxatives
dà huáng is used for patterns with
yang-ming heat, damp-heat, phlegm-heat, blood-heat, and blood-stasis.
symptoms indicating the use of dà huáng
high fever, profuse sweating, thirst, constipation, dysentery, hemorroids, abdominal distention and pain, delirium, nosebleeding, coughing of blood, painful urination, abscesses, sores.
not in pregnancy, external…
clear empty-heat
qīng hāo is used for patterns with
summerheat, empty-heat, blood xu, yin xu, shao yang pathologies, blood-heat, liver yang rising.
symptoms indicating the use of qīng hāo
malarial disorders, alternating fever and chills, headache, dizziness and a stifling sensation in the chest, menopausal hot flushes, steaming bone, skin rashes, nose bleeding, red eyes,…
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 • 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 • 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…