bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and draining dampness, alleviating jaundice.

bubble_chart Indications

Dampness-heat jaundice syndrome. The entire body is yellow like the color of an orange, the abdomen is slightly full, there is difficulty in urination, thirst, a yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a deep, firm or slippery and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This prescription is suitable for jaundice caused by the binding of dampness and stasis-heat in the interior, where heat cannot escape outward and dampness cannot be discharged downward, leading to the steaming of dampness and heat. The formula heavily utilizes Virgate Wormwood, which has the function of soothing the liver and gallbladder, serving as the main herb for clearing heat and dispelling dampness to relieve jaundice; Gardenia eliminates vexing heat, clears the triple energizer, and dredges and regulates water passages; Rhubarb Rhizoma removes stasis-heat, promotes the expulsion of the old and the generation of the new, guiding the pathogenic dampness-heat to be expelled through the stool and urine, thereby resolving the systemic jaundice. The formula consists of only three herbs, each indispensable.

bubble_chart Pattern Identification

1. Jaundice initially presents with generalized yellowing or slight yellowing of the eyes.
2. Short, dark urine and difficulty in defecation.
3. Epigastric abdominal distension and fullness.
4. Thirst and yellow tongue coating.
5. Deep, wiry pulse or slippery and rapid pulse.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

1. Severe constipation: Add Immature Orange Fruit, Magnolia Bark.
2. Difficulty in urination: Add Poria, Polyporus, Plantain Seed.
3. Severe internal heat: Add Phelloendron Bark, Coptis Rhizome.
4. Fever and chills: Add Bupleurum, Skullcap Root.
5. Viral hepatitis: Add Isatis Root, Lonicera, Peony Bark, wild chrysanthemum flower.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

1. Use with caution in pregnant women.
2. This prescription is not suitable for yin jaundice with a tendency towards cold-dampness.

bubble_chart Modern Application

This formula promotes bile secretion (significantly increasing bile secretion, contracting the gallbladder, and promoting bile excretion), has antimicrobial effects, reduces serum cholesterol and β-lipoprotein, protects the liver, reduces inflammation, calms, diureses, and reduces fever. It is used for acute hepatitis, jaundice, cholecystitis, gallstones, neonatal hemolytic jaundice, leptospirosis, skin diseases, food poisoning, and stomatitis.