Heat-clearing Formulae
These formulae treat various heat disharmonies through the actions of clearing away heat, draining fire, cooling blood, eliminating toxic heat and nourishing the body.
TCM believes that heat accumulation can originate both internally and externally, factors like exogenous invasion, emotional stimulation, organ dysfunction, exhaustion of fundamental substances can all contribute to it. Heat syndromes present in wildly different clinical manifestations, physicians will try to identify its source (exogenous pathogen or endogenous factor), severity of heat (fire, heat or warmth), location (which meridians or organs), and then decide appropriate therapeutic strategy to be used. Typical heat signs include high fever, profuse sweating, a surging pulse, excessive thirst, bleeding, altered consciousness and ulcerated skin sores.
In these formulae, herbs with cool and cold properties are selected as main ingredients. As they can easily lead to digestive damage, and thus should be used carefully for individuals who already have weakened spleen and stomach functions. Furthermore, preserving yin and body fluids are another important guidelines for the treatment of interior heat disharmonies.
TCM believes that heat accumulation can originate both internally and externally, factors like exogenous invasion, emotional stimulation, organ dysfunction, exhaustion of fundamental substances can all contribute to it. Heat syndromes present in wildly different clinical manifestations, physicians will try to identify its source (exogenous pathogen or endogenous factor), severity of heat (fire, heat or warmth), location (which meridians or organs), and then decide appropriate therapeutic strategy to be used. Typical heat signs include high fever, profuse sweating, a surging pulse, excessive thirst, bleeding, altered consciousness and ulcerated skin sores.
In these formulae, herbs with cool and cold properties are selected as main ingredients. As they can easily lead to digestive damage, and thus should be used carefully for individuals who already have weakened spleen and stomach functions. Furthermore, preserving yin and body fluids are another important guidelines for the treatment of interior heat disharmonies.
- Chinese Angelica and Six-Yellow Decoction (dang gu liu huang tang)
- Clear Heat and Consolidate Menstruation Decoction (qing re gu jing tang)
- Clear Liver and Regulate Menstruation Decoction (qing gan yin jing tang)
- Clear Stomach Powder (qing wei san)
- Clear Nutritive Level Decoction (qing ying tang)
- Figwort and Thunberg Fritillary Decoction (xuan shen bei mu tang)
- Five Flavors Drink to Expel Toxins (wu wei xiao du yin)
- Gardenia and Soybean Decoction (zhi zi chi tang)
- Gentian Liver-Purging Decoction (long dan xie gan tang)
- Gentiana Macrophylla Root Pill (qin jiao wan)
- Guide Out the Red Powder (dao chi san)
- Indigo and Clam Shell Powder (dai ha san)
- Jade Woman Decoction (yu nu jian)
- Peony Decoction (shao yao tang)
- Pulsatilla Root Decoction (bai tou weng tong)
- Purge Epigastrium Decoction (xie xin tang)
- Purge Lung Powder (xie bai san)
- Rehmannia Root & Dwarf Lily-turf Tuber Drink (shang di mai dong yin)
- Rhinoceros Horn Rehmannia Decoction (xi jiao di huang tang)
- Sweet Dew Drink (gan lu yin)
- Wang's Clearing Summer Heat and Replenishing Qi Decoction (wang shi qing shu yi qi tang)
- White Tiger Decoction (bai hu tang)
