Qing Wen Bai Du Yin
清瘟敗毒飲 qīng wēn bài dù yǐn, "Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction"

Translated Name: Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction

Category:

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (14):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
石膏	Shi Gao	gypsum	60 - 120	grams
知母	Zhi Mu	anemarrhena rhizome	6 - 12	grams
梔子	Zhi Zi	cape jasmine fruit, gardenia	6 - 12	grams
淡竹葉	Dan Zhu Ye	lophatherum stem and leaves	3 - 6	grams
犀角	Xi Jiao	rhinoceros horn	9 - 12	grams
生地黃	Sheng Di Huang	Chinese foxglove root, rehmannia (fresh),Rehmannia root	9 - 15	grams
玄參	Xuan Shen	ningpo figwort root, scrophularia	6 - 12	grams
牡丹皮	Mu Dan Pi	moutan root bark, tree peony root bark	6 - 12	grams
黃苓	Huang Qin	baical skullcap root, scutellaria, scute	3 - 9	grams
黃蓮	Huang Lian	coptis rhizome	6 - 12	grams
連翹	Lian Qiao	forsythia fruit	6 - 12	grams
桔梗	Jie Geng	baloon flower root, platycodon root	3 - 6	grams
赤芍	Chi Shao	red peony root	6 - 12	grams
甘草	Gan Cao	licorice root	3 - 6	grams

Tongue:

Deep red. The lips are scorched.

Pulse:

Rate: Rapid (Quick, Fast)
Depth: Deep (Submerged, Sinking, Deep)
Qualities: Thready (Fine, Thin)

Cautions:

Contraindicated in cases with yang deficiency or Spleen and Stomach weakness

Reference Source:

Modifications:

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (紫草, purple herb) Zi Cao''' '''Add Herb (桃仁, peach kernel) Tao Ren''' '''Add Herb (紅花, red flower) Hong Hua''' '''Add Herb (當歸, should go back, state of return) Dang Gui''': For dark-purple rashes - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (菊花, ) Ju Hua''' '''Add Herb (龍膽草, dragon gallbladder herb) Long Dan Cao''' '''Remove Herb (桔梗, ) Jie Geng''': For tremors caused by heat injuring the sinews - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (大黄, big yellow) Da Huang''' '''Add Herb (芒硝, ) Mang Xiao''': For constipation - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (大青葉, big green leaf) Da Qing Ye''' '''Add Herb (板藍根, ) Ban Lan Gen''': For very high fever - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (金銀花, gold silver flower) Jin Yin Hua''' '''Add Herb (青黛 , blue-green dark eyebrow pigment) Qing Dai ''': For swollen parotid glands - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Add Herb (黃栢, yellow fir) Huang Bai''' '''Add Herb (木通, ) Mu Tong''': For soreness in the joints and a lower back that feels bruised - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p82 details... add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) relieves toxicity add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) cools blood add comment

	+1 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) and drains fire. add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Stabbing headache add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Extreme irritability add comment

	+1 Brady Chin (Rootdown Staff) Delirious speech add comment

	+1 Debbie Rodriguez '''Related to (Transform Blotches Decoction) Hua Ban Tang''': For fever that worsens at night, dark red blotches on the skin, thirst and a rapid pulse. add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Subsitute (犀角, rhinoceros horn) Xi Jiao with (水牛角, ) Shui Niu Jiao at 30-120 grams. add comment

Qing Wen Bai Du Yin清瘟敗毒飲 qīng wēn bài dù yǐn, "Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction"