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Heat-clearing formulas refer to those that are chiefly composed of heat-clearing herbs for the treatment of interior heat syndrome, having the functions in heat-clearing, fire-purging, blood-cooling and toxin-removing. In view of the difference in interior heat syndromes among qi system, blood system and the viscera, the heat-clearing formulas are further classified as the formulas for clearing away heat from qi system, the formulas for removing heat from the ying and blood systems, formulas for clearing away heat from both qi and ying systems, the formulas for cleaning away heat and toxic material, the formulas for removing heat from the viscera and bowels, the formulas for allaying fever of deficiency type and the formulas for summer-heat and replenishing qi.
Modern researches Modern researches have proved that the formula has the efficacies of allaying fever, tranquilizing the mind, subduing inflammation, inhibiting hidropoiesis, quenching thirst, lowering blood sugar level. Cautions It is not advisable for those whose exterior syndrome is not relieved, nor for those who have fever due to blood-deficiency or cold syndrome with pseudo-heat symptoms.
Cautions It is not advisable for cases with febrile disease when the vital energy is dominating with pathogens prevailing, or excessive heat existing in the body, or neither qi nor yin being impaired.
Section 2 Formulas for Removing Heat from the Ying and Blood Systems
This group of formulas refer to those that chiefly consist of traditional Chinese herbs with effects of clearing away heat and cooling the blood, arresting bleeding and removing blood stasis, and clearing up heat and toxic materals of any pathogenic organism. These are used to treat syndormes of invasion of both ying and blood systems by heat.
inflammation, bringing down fever, tranqullizing the mind, resisting bacteria and viruses, tonifying the heart, arresting bleeding, improving immunologic function, promoting blood circulation and so on. Cautions Cases with white and slippery coating of the tongue which suggests invasion by pathogenic dampness should not use the formula in case it encourages pathogenic dampness.
Cautions It is contraindicated in cases with bleedings caused by deficiency of qi or with weakness of the spleen and stomach.
Section 3 Formulas for Clearing Away Heat from Both Qi and Blood Systems
This type of Formulas, which is chiefly composed of herbs with the effects of clearing qi and cooling blood, has the function of clearing away heat from both qi and blood systems and applies to the syndrome of intense heat in both qi and blood systems with epidemic or heat pathogens flooding both interiorly and exteriorly.
coma, skin eruption or hematemesis, epistaxis, convulsion or coldness of the extremities, sunken and rapid pulse or sunken fine and rapid pulse, or superficial and rapid pulse, and deep redness of the tongue with cracked lips. In addition, the formula can be modified to deal with septicemia, encephalitis B, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis or other febrile diseases with the above syndrome. Modern Researches Modern researches have ascertained that the formula is strong in its effect for relieving inflammation, allaying fever, tranquilizing the mind and resisting pathogens. Meanwhile, it can play a part in preventing bleeding and strengthening the function of the heart. Cautions Being extremely cold in nature, the formula must not be prescribed for those without exuberant and noxious heat.
heat, sore and carbuncle, deep-coloured urine, reddened tongue with yellow coating, and rapid and forceful pulse . The formula can also be modified to treat many other disorders. For example, influenza, encephalitis B, epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, septicemia, pyogenic infection of skin, acute infectious hepatitis, acute gastroenteritis, bacillary dysentery, infection in the urinary tract, acute cholecystitis and others that belong to syndromes of fire-toxin and excessive heat, disorder of vegetative nervous function, menopausal syndrome, neurosis, insomnia, hypertension, stomatitis, toothache, and nervous gastritis Which indicate the syndrome of intense heat in the heart and stomach or excessive fire in the liver and gallbladder, as well as various inflammatory bleedings or rashes. Modern Researches Modern researches have confirmed that the formula can exert the function of relieving inflammation, allaying fever, resisting bacteria and viruses. and tranquilizing the mind. In addition, it has the virtue to normalize the function of the gallbladder, arrest bleeding, promote diuresis, and reduce blood pressure. Cautions The formula is fit for cases with overabundance of heat-toxin in the tri-warmer but no impairment of the body fluid. So it is not advisable for those with injury of the body fluid by heat manifested as deep-red and uncoated tongue.
Administrations All the above ingredients should be decocted in water for oral use. Functions Clearing away heat and toxic material, and dispelling wind and other exopathogens. Indications Infection with swollen head marked by chill and fever, flushed swollen face, heavy eyes, sore throat, dryness of the tongue, thirst, reddened tongue with yellow coating and rapid forceful pulse. The modified formula can be used for treatment of diseases with the above symptoms as seen in facial erysipelas, acute parotitis and tonsillitis, carbuncle and other infectious swelling in the face. Modern resisting bacteria and viruses, allaying fever, tranquilizing the mind and alleviating pain. Cautions As the majority of the herbs are bitter and pungent in flavour and cold in nature, patients with yindeficiency should be cautious when taking this formula. researches
Modern researches have ascertained that the formula has the function of relieving inflammation,
Indications Domination of heat in the heart meridian manifested as irritable feverish sensation in the chest, thirst, flushed face, predilection for cold drinks, oral ulceration, or transfer of heart-heat to the small intestine from the heart meridian, marked by scanty and dark urine and difficulty and pain in micturition. Besides, the formula can be modified to deal with stomatitis, vegetative nerve functional disturbance, cystitis, pyelitis and insomnia which pertain to the domination of heat in the heart meridian. Modern researches Modern researches have ascertained that the formula possesses the functions of relieving inflammation, allaying fever, inducing diuresis and tranquilizing the mind. Modern researches have ascertained that the formula possesses the functions of relieving inflammation, allaying fever, inducing diuresis and tranquilizing the mind. Cautions Being bitter in flavour and cold in nature, Ingredient No. 2 should be carefully administered in Patients with weakness of the spleen and stomach.
liver meridian manifested as headache, conjunctival copgestion, hypochondriac pain, bitter taste, deafness, pain and bulge of ear, or marked by pruritus and swelling of vulva, impotence, polyhidrosis around the external genitals, stranguria with turbid urine and damp-heat leukorrhagia. Equality, the formula can be modified to cure diseases marked by extreme fire in the liver and gallbladder, such as hypertension, vegetative nerve functional disturbance, acute conjunctivitis, acute conjunctivitis media, furuncle of nasal vestibule or furuncle of external auditory canal, acute cholecystitis and acute hepatitis, and to deal with cases with downward flow of damp-heat as seen in acute infection in the urinary system, acute orchitis, epididymitis, acute eczema, acute pelvic inflammation, acute prostatitis, vaginitis and herpeszoster. Modern Researches Clinically and experimentally, it is ascertained that the formulas has the effect of bringing down the fever, tranquilizing the mind, relieving inflammation, inducing diuresis, resisting bacteria, promoting the function of gallbladder, protecting the liver, arresting bleeding and decreasing blood pressure. Cautions Since most of the herbs in the formula are bitter in flavour and cold in property, constant and longterm administration of it is not advisable. Great care should be taken when exhibiting the herbs for those whose spleen-stomach functions are weak, otherwise the stomach-qi might be easily hurt.
Prepared licorice root, Radix Glycyrrhizae Praeparata 3g Administrations All the above ingredients should be ground into powder first and then mixed with a little polished round-grained nonglutinous rice and two small cups decocted until one third of the water is evaporated. Its decoction should be taken before meals. Functions Purging pathogenic heat accumulated in the lung to relieve cough and asthma. Indications Cough and asthma due to lung-heat, manifested by feverish skin which is aggraviated in the afternoon, reddened tongue with yellow coating and fine rapid pulse.
The formula can be modified to deal with bronchitis, measles pneumonia, pulmonary tuberculosis and others, which pertain to the syndrome of cough and asthma due to lung-heat. Modern Researches As it is ascertained clinically and experimentally, the formula has the effects of reducing fever, relieving inflammation, preventing cough and removing sputum. Cautions The formula is not advisable for those suffering from cough with dyspnea caused by exopathic windcold nor for those with cough of deficiency-cold type.
relieving inflammation, tranquilizing the mind, Promoting diuresis, promoting the secretion of gasiric juice and digestion.
Stagnation of heat in the stomach marked by headache radiated by toothache, feverish cheeks, aversion to heat with predilection for cold, ulceration in the gum, or gingival atrophy with oozing of bloody fluid and pus, or swelling and soreness of the tongue, lips and cheeks, or hot and foul breath, dryness of mouth and tongue, reddene tongue with yellow coating, and slippery strong and rapid pulse. The formula can be modified to deal with periodontitis, stomatitis, gingival pustular swelling, glossitis and gastritis indicative of stomach-heat. Modern researches Modern researches have proved that the formula possesses the efficacics of resisting bacteria, subduing inflammation, arresting bleeding, bringing down fever, tranquilizing the mind, relieving pain and promoting blood circulation. Cautions It is not fit for patients with toothache of wind-cold type and toothache caused by hyperactivity of fire due to yin deficiency.
Prepared rehmannia root, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata 30g Ophiopogon root, Radix Ophiopogonis 6g Wind-weed rhizome, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae 4.5g Achyranthes root, Radix Achyranthis identatae 4.5g Administrations All the ingredient should be decocted in water for oral adinistration, either warm or cold. Functions Clearing stomach-heat and nourishing yin. Indications Syndromes. of stomach-heat and yin deficiency characterized by headache, toothache, odontoseisis, dysphoria with thirst, dry and reddened tongue with dry yellow coating. The formula can be modified for treating periodontitis, purulent swelling of gums, acute stomatitis. Glossitis, chronic gastritis, indicating syndromes of stomach-heat and yin deficiency. Modern Researches Modern studies have revealed that this formula possesses the efficacies of relieving inflammation, allaying fever, tranquilizing the mind, nourishing the body and consolidating the constitution. Cautions It is not advisable for patients with loose tool.
Functions Clearing away damp-heat and toxic material and regulating qi and blood. Indications Diarrhea or dysentery due to damp-heat pathogen marked by abdominal pain, pus and blood in the stool, tenesmus, burning sensation in the anus, scanty deep-coloured urine, yellow greasy coating of the tongue, etc. The formula can be modified to treat acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery and other conditions indicative of damp-heat in the large intestine. Modern researches Modern researches have confirmed the effects of this formula in resisting bacteria subduing inflammation, and relieving spasm and pain. Cautions It is not advisable for cases with external syndromes at the onset of dysentery nor for those suffering from chronic dysentery or deficiency-cold dysentery.
Modern researches Modern researches have confirmed that the formula hasthe effects of relieving inflammation, resisting ameba allaying fever, relieving spasm and arresting diarrhea and blood. Cautions It is not advisable for cases with dysentery of deficiency type or chronic dysentery.
Cautions 1. As ingredient No. 1 in the above formula is not resistant to high temperature, it should not be decocted for too long. It may be infused in boiling water for oral administration. 2. It is not advisable for cases with tendency to convulsion due to yin-deficiency.
Cautions The formula has greater effect in reducing fever but weaker effect in nourishing yin, therefore, it is not advisable for cases with severe yin-deficiency and milder hectic fever.
Qingshu Yiqi Tang ( Decoction for Clearing Away Summer-heat and Replenishing Qi )
Ingredients Root of American ginseng, Radix Panasis Guinquefolli 5g Stem of noble dendrobium, Herba Dendrobu 15g Ophiopogon root, Radix Ophiopogonis 9g Coptis root, Rhizoma Coptidis 3g Lophatherum, Herba Lophatheri 6g Lotus petiole, Petiolus Nelumbinis 15g Polished round-grained nonglutinous rice, Semen Oryzae Nonglutinosae 15g Watermelon peel, Exocarpium Citrulli 30g Administrations All the herbs should be decocted in water for oral administration. Functions Clearing away summer-heat and replenishing qi, nourishing yin and promoting the production of body fluid. Indications Consumption of qi and fluid by summer-heat manifested by feverish body, profuse perspiration, restlessness, thirst, scanty and dark urine, general debility, short breath, lassiiude, and feeble and rapid pulse. The formula can be modified for the treatment of sunstroke, heat stroke, infantile summer fever as well as other infectious diseases occurring in the summer which are related to the injury of qi and body fluid by summer-heat. Modern researches Modern researches have confirmed that the formula has the efficacies of relieving inflammation,
allaying fever, tranquilizing the mind, resisting bacteria, nourishing the body and consolidating the constitution and protecting the body fluid. Cautions It is not advisable for cases having summer-heat with Pathogenic dampness.