Organ Level Heat Formulas

Bai Tou Weng

ENGLISH NAME:Pulsatilla Combination
TCM ACTIONS:Clears Heat; Relieves toxicity; Cools the Blood and Alleviates dysenteric disorders (reed or white)
INDICATION:Dysentery-like disorders due to Damp-Heat toxicity
INGREDIENTS:Bai Tou Weng (Chief/15g), Huang Lian (Deputy/4-6g), Qing Pi (Assistant/12g), Huang Bai (Deputy/12g)

Dao Chi San

ENGLISH NAME:Guide out the Red Powder; Powder to Guide Heart Fire Downward
TCM ACTIONS:Clears the Heart Fire and Promotes Urination from Small Intestine
INDICATION:excessive Heart Heat / transferring to the SI
INGREDIENTS:Sheng Di Huang (Chief/6g), Mu Tong (Deputy/6g), Gan Cao or Gan Cao Shao (Assistant/6g), Dan Zhu Ye (Assistant/3g)

Long Dan Xie Gan Tang

ENGLISH NAME:Dragon Gallbladder Combination to Drain the Liver
TCM ACTIONS:Drains excess Fire from the Liver and GB and clears and drains DampHeat from the Lower Jiao; clears San Jiao Damp-Heat
INDICATION:1. Excessive Liver and Gall Bladder Fire blazing upwards, 2. Liver and Gall Bladder Damp-Heat pouring downwards
INGREDIENTS:Long Dan Cao (Chief/6g), Huang Qin (Deputy/9g), Zhi Zi (Deputy/9g), Ze Xie (Assistant/12g), Mu Tong (Assistant/9g), Che Qian Zi (Assistant/9g), Sheng Di Huang (Assistant/9g), Dang Gui (Assistant/3g), Chai Hu (Assistant/6g), Gan Cao (Envoy/6g)

Qing Wei San

ENGLISH NAME:Clear the Stomach Powder
TCM ACTIONS:Quells Stomach Fire; Cools the Blood
INDICATION:Heat accumulation in the Stomach
INGREDIENTS:Huang Lian (Chief/3-5g) , Sheng Di Huang (Deputy/12g), Mu Dan Pi (Deputy/9g), Dang Gui (Assistant/6g), Sheng Ma (Envoy/6g)

Shao Yao Tang

ENGLISH NAME:Peony Formula
TCM ACTIONS:Regulates and harmonizes the Qi and Blood; Clears Heat and relieves toxicity
INDICATION:Damp-Heat dysentery
INGREDIENTS:Bai Shao (3-12g), Huang Lian (3-6g), Huang Qin (3-12g), Da Huang (3-12g), Dang Gui (3-6g), Rou Gui (1.5-3g), Mu Xiang (3-9g), Bing Lang (3-12g)

Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang

ENGLISH NAME:Ephedra, Apricot kernel, Gypsum and Licorice Combination
TCM ACTIONS:Facilitates the flow of Lung Qi; Clears Heat; Calms wheezing by directing rebellious Qi downward; Releases surface; Opens and clears Lung
INDICATION:Invasion of Wind-Heat or Heat in the Lung due to Wind-Cold turning to Interior Excess Lung Heat
INGREDIENTS:Ma Huang (Chief/5g), Shi Gao (Deputy/18g), Xing Ren (Assistant/9g), Zhi Gan Cao (Envoy/6g)