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formulaSweet Dew Detoxicating Pill Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan
source"Secret Transmission of Medical Efficacy" Volume 1
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bubble_chart Composition

Talcined Talcum 450 gm, Scutellaria Baicalensis 300 gm, Artemisia Capillaris 330 gm, Agastache Rugosa 120 gm, Forsythia Suspensa 120 gm, Acorus Tatarinowii 180 gm, Amomum Cardamomum 120 gm, Mentha Haplocalyx 120 gm, Akebia Quinata 150 gm, Belamcanda Chinensis 120 gm, Fritillaria Cirrhosa 150 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder, take 9 grams each time, mix with boiled water and take twice a day. Alternatively, form into pills as big as marbles using Shenqu paste, dissolve in boiled water and take.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and draining dampness, transforming turbidity and removing toxins.

bubble_chart Indications

Pestilence, summerheat warmth, dampness warm disease, evil in the qi aspect. Fever, yellow eyes, chest tightness, abdominal distension and fullness, sore limbs, swollen throat, red rashes, swollen cheeks, thirst, diarrhea, thin white or thick greasy tongue coating, or dry and scorched tongue center. Also treats malaria, dysentery, turbid strangury, sores and ulcers. Currently used for acute gastroenteritis, intestinal cold-damage disease, infectious jaundice hepatitis, leptospirosis, and other conditions characterized by significant dampness-heat.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

The formula heavily utilizes Talc and Virgate Wormwood, combined with Akebia Stem, to clear heat and drain dampness; Skullcap Root and Forsythia are paired with Fritillaria Bulb and Belamcanda Rhizome to clear heat, remove toxins, and benefit the pharynx to disperse nodules; Acorus, Cardamon Fruit, Patchouli, and Mentha, as aromatic herbs, resolve damp turbidity and promote the smooth movement of qi. Together, they achieve the effects of clearing heat, draining dampness, resolving turbidity, and removing toxins.

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