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Toxic Heat & Sores
Formulas that Clear Toxic Heat plus Sores & Abscesses
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Drain Heat, Relieve Toxicity (especially "fire toxicity in all three burners") | Huang Lian Jie Du Tang |
| Huang Lian, Huang Qin, Huang Bai, Zhi Zi | Huang Lian Jie Du Tang |
| Damp Heat XS with "interior clumping." Could present as either constipation or dysenteric diarrhea with swelling, tightness, red eyes/face | Drain the Epigastrium (Xie Xin Tang) |
| Huang Lian, Huang Qin, Da Huang | Xie Xin Tang |
| Huang Lian, Huang Qin, Da Huang + Fu Zi | Fu Zi Xie Xin Tang |
| Bleeding (esp. UJ), fire (especially digestive), even "unsettled Heart qi," and even Damp Heat jaundice | Xie Xin Tang |
| "Acute massive febrile disorder of the heat," with throat/eye signs/sx | Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin |
| Universal Benefit Drink to Eliminate Toxins | Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin |
| Heat toxicity in Upper and Middle burners. | Liang Ge San (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) |
| Drains the fire and unblocks the bowels by... purging (Mang Xiao, Da Huang; Lian Qiao, Zhi Zi, Huang Qin, Dan Zhu Ye). plus Gan Cao and Bo He | Liang Ge San |
| For "epidemic toxic heat" | Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxicity Drink (Qing Wen Bai Du Yin) |
| Clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood, and drains fire (for "epidemic toxic heat") | Qing Wen Bai Du Yin |
| For hard skin lesions that "stand up like nails" or feel "like chestnuts" | Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin (Nine Ingredient Drink to Eliminate Toxins) |
| Jin Yin Hua, Pu Gong Ying, Zi Hua Di Ding, Ye Ju Hua, Tian Kui Zi | Nine Ingredient Drink to Eliminate Toxins (Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin) |
| For "milk moth" (??) due to Phlegm Fire on the skin | Six Miracle Pill (Liu Shen Wan) |
| For yin type sores (dull, dark, flat, better with warmth) that could be accompanied with swollen, painful knees or wasting of muscle. ("Injuries that haven't healed well.") | Balmy Yang Decoction (Yang He Tang) |
| Reed Decoction | Wei Jing Tang (aka Lu Gen Tang) |
| Lung abscess d/t WH toxin in the Lung | Wei Jing Tang (Reed Decoction) |
| "Cough with foul smelling sputum streaked with blood" | Wei Jing Tang (Reed Decoction) |
| Appendicitis formula | Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction (Da Huang Mu Dan Tang) |
| Drains heat, reduces blood stasis, breaks up swelling (for appendicitis) | Da Huang Mu Dan Tang (Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction) |
| For intestinal abscess or appendicitis, sometimes dx'd by RLQ rebound tenderness or pain on "passive flexion of left hip" | Da Huang Mu Dan Tang (Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction) |