Source: Guanxi Luohankuo Products Manufacture
Category: Formulas that Clear Heat
Pattern: Heat scorching the Interior due to excessive consumption of alcohol or smoking.
Key Symptoms: Health prevention for people who smoke or drink too much, or have fidgety disposition.
Ingredients
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Bai Hua She She Cao
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Pinyin: Bai Hua She She Cao
Chinese: 白花蛇舌草
Pharmaceutical: Herba Hedyotidis Diffusae
English: Oldenlandia / Snaketongue Grass |
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Tastes: Slightly bitter, cold
Meridians Entered: Stomach, Large Intestine and Small Intestine |
Actions & Indications:
- Clears Heat, strongly relieves Fire toxins and reduces abscesses (internally and topically)
Intestinal abscess, toxic sores, ulcerations and swellings (Chuang Yung)
Snake bites
Cancers
Topically, for vesicles and ichthyosis
- Clears Heat and promotes urination
Lin Syndrome Damp-Heat jaundice
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Standard Dosage: 15-60g in decoction.
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Luo Han Guo
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Pinyin: Luo Han Guo
Chinese: 羅漢果
Pharmaceutical: Fructus Momordicae
Taxonomy: Siraitia grosvenorii
English: Monk fruit / Swingle fruit |
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Tastes: Sweet, cool
Meridians Entered: Lung and Spleen |
Actions & Indications:
- Moistens and cools the Lungs, resolves Phlegm and stops cough
Coughing due to Lung Heat or Dryness
Chronic daytime cough with or without sputum
Lung Yin Deficiency
- Generates body Fluids and relieves thirst
Summerheat Injuring the Body Fluids with thirst
- Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels
Constipation due to Dryness, especially if Lung Qi is not being disseminated
- Dissipates nodules
Phlegm nodules in the neck Scrofula
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Standard Dosage: 15-30g in decoction.
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Preparation: Prepared product which comes in 15g sachets to be dissolved in 100ml of hot water and stirred evenly.
Actions: Clears Heat, resolves Toxicity, transforms Phlegm.
Contraindications: None given but caution would be advised in Cold and Deficient patients.
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Reference Notes: (click to display)
Most formulas are found in Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet (2009): Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies and Chen & Chen (2015) Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications. Others are from translations of primary sources. It is recommended that the original material is cross-referenced for mistakes and additional information.
Substitutions have been taken from Ken Lloyd & Prof. Leung (2004): Mayway UK Substitution List or the above publications and are intended as suggestions to help navigate the tight restrictions in the UK quickly. More applicable substitutions may be appropriate in specific situations.
Individual herb information has initially been sourced from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes.
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