[Preparation method and dosage]
Gentian (Radix et Rhizoma Gentianae)
washed with wine 30gm Gardenia (Fructus Gardeniae)
stir-fried 30gm Indigo (Indigo Naturalis)
15gm Grind the above ingredients into fine powder and make into pills with refined honey, as big as adzuki beans. 4.5 gm each time, 2 times a day, with Fresh Ginger Rhizome soup. Or change it to decoction, decocted in water for administration, and the dosage should be reduced according to the proportion of the original recipe.
[Efficacy]
Clears liver fire, calms nerves and calms panic.
[Indications]
Treat liver meridian syndrome/pattern of excess-fire. Dizzy vision, deaf ness, palpitation due to fright convulsion, restlessness, unfavorable throat and diaphragm, large constipation knot, stagnant urine, or pain in the chest and ribs, and scrotal swelling.
[Prescription]
This prescription is the main prescription for treating liver heat. It is based on Waitai Miyao and Cui's Coptis Detoxification Decoction with added flavors. It specializes in purging excess fire in the liver and gallbladder, and conducts heat downwards. The so-called liver heat refers to signs of morbidity and inflammation caused by over-enrichment and excitement of blood and nerves. Recipe: Gallica , Indigo, Aloes are specially used to relieve liver and gallbladder excess fire; Skullcap Root Purging lung fire, Coptis Rhizome Purging heart fire, Phelloendron Bark Purging kidney fire, Rhubarb Rhizoma Purging stomach and large intestine fire, Shanzhi purges triple energizer fire; prepare the Great Cold (24th solar term) product to purge fire pathogens that are blocked in the meridians and cause them to be discharged from the bowels. Aucklandia Root, musk, Chinese Angelica are used to regulate qi and blood, and make the medicine of clearing heat and purging fire more qi. It is driven by blood and performs its functions quickly, and at the same time it can buffer the disadvantages of a large dose of bitter cold and damage to the body.
[Key points of syndrome differentiation]
- Dizziness due to excess liver fire.
- Twitching and manic.
- Both bowel movements are unfavorable.
- Pain in the chest and hypochondrium.
- Scrotal swelling.
[Addition and subtraction]
- dysphoria thirst: add Ophiopogon Tuber, Schisandra Fruit.
- Difficulty urinating: add Akebia Stem, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root.
- Large constipation knot: add Immature Orange Fruit, Magnolia Bark.
[Attention to taboos]
Avoid use in those with deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach.
[Modern application]
Acute hepatitis, acute cholecystitis, cholelithiasis, acute wind-dampness fever, gastritis, pharyngitis, otitis media, bladder inflammation, urethritis, pelvic inflammation, vaginal inflammation, scrotal eczema, tinn itus, testicularitis.