bubble_chart Efficacy

Releasing the external and purging the internal, dispersing wind and clearing heat.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Wind-heat congestion, pattern of dual exterior and interior excess. Aversion to cold with fever, sore throat, bitter taste in the mouth and dryness, without sweating, irritability, scanty and dark urine, constipation, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and a surging and rapid pulse.
2. Also treats sores and ulcers, bloody defecation, hemorrhoids, and fistula disease.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

This formula is a comprehensive treatment for the exterior and interior, qi and blood, and the triple energizer. It has the effects of releasing the exterior, clearing heat, removing toxins, and purgation, and is widely applied. In the formula, Ephedra, Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia Root disperse wind and release the exterior; Skullcap Root, Forsythia, Mentha, Platycodon Root clear heat and benefit the pharynx; Rhubarb Rhizoma, Mirabilite purge heat, promote bowel movement, and expel toxins, eliminating substantial heat pathogens; Gypsum clears heat from the lungs and stomach; Gardenia, Talc clear heat, purge fire, and drain dampness; Chinese Angelica, Peony Root, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome nourish and activate blood, and prevent excessive injury to yin blood from purgative formulas; White Atractylodes Rhizome invigorates the spleen and dries dampness, and prevents excessive sweating from exterior-relieving formulas; Liquorice Root regulates the middle and relaxes spasms, harmonizing all the herbs. When the herbs are used together appropriately, sweating will not harm the exterior, and purgation will not harm the interior, making it a commonly used formula for comprehensive treatment of the exterior and interior.

1. Obesity patients: add Arisaema , Atractylodes Rhizome .
2. Wind-cold external contraction: add Atractylodes Rhizome , Notopterygium .
3. Severe heat: add Coptis Rhizome , Phellodendron Bark .
4. Hypertension: add Gastrodia Tuber , Uncaria , feather cockscomb seed .
5. Hemorrhoid fistula disease (nucleus): combine with "Yi" Word Decoction .
6. Sore and ulcer swelling and toxin: combine with Pus-Expelling Powder .
7. Exterior excess and interior deficiency: remove Nitrum and Rhei, named Double Dissolving Powder.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

1. Use with caution in cases of spleen deficiency and loose stools.
2. Pregnant women should avoid taking it.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Hypertension, obesity, hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis, constipation, hemorrhoids, skin diseases, fatty heart, diabetes, erysipelas, rosacea, scalp sores, sinusitis, urticaria, eye diseases, various drug poisoning diseases.