Hao Qin Qing Dan Tang蒿芩清膽湯
Sweet Wormwood and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gallbladder
Also known asArtemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear the Gallbladder
- Medicinals
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Composition
Clears Summerheat or Damp-Heat.
Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire and detoxifies.
Clears Heat, transforms Hot Phlegm and stops vomiting.
Dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm, descends Rebellious Qi, stops vomiting and harmonizes the Stomach.
Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure and resolves hardenings.
Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
- Zhi Ke
for a stifling sensation in the chest and cough with excessive white, viscous sputum due to Phlegm-Damp Obstruction.Clears Dampness and Heat.
- Bi Yu SanJasper Powder9 g
Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, promotes, urination, eliminates Summerheat, tonifies Qi, cools the Blood and arrests convulsions.
Actions
- Purges Heat from the Gallbladder
- Eliminates Dampness
- Regulates and balances the Stomach
- Transforms Phlegm
Patterns treated
- Damp-Heat affecting the Gallbladder
- Phlegm and Damp-Heat lodged in the Shao Yang channels, binding the Ying and Wei
Manifestations
- Chills alternating with fever, the fever being more pronounced
- Bitterness in the mouth
- A queasy stomach
- Retching without vomiting
- Involuntary hiccupping
- Chest tightness with a smothering feeling
- Pain and distention in the chest and hypochondrium
- A distending pain felt in the upper abdomen
- Vomit that is yellow, sticky and either bitter or sour
- Regurgitation of sour fluid
- A sensation of thirst
- Tongue body
- Red in color
- Coating
- Somewhat yellow, or white with a greasy texture, or yellow with a greasy texture
- Pulse
- On the left, wiry and rapid; on the right, slippery and rapid
Indications
- Gallstones
- Gastric or duodenal ulcer
- Inflammation of the stomach lining
- Infection of the renal pelvis
- Malarial fever
- Leptospiral infection
- Gastritis due to reflux
- High blood pressure
- Long-term inflammation of the pancreas
- Reduced urine output
- Feeling nauseated with vomiting
- Reflux of stomach acid
- Dyspepsia
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Autonomic nervous system disorder
- The flu
- Elevated body temperature
- Acute hepatitis with jaundice
- Acute inflammation of the intestines
- Enteric (typhoid) fever
- Inflammation of the pelvic organs
- Inflammation of the lungs
- Vertigo of ear origin
- Coronary artery disease
- Persistent hiccupping
- Dizziness with a spinning sensation
- Peptic ulceration
- Middle ear infection
- Long-standing inflammation of the liver
- Hepatic cancer accompanied by jaundice, ascites and fever
- Epstein-Barr viral illness
Modifications
When there is a pronounced fever together with a soft, rapid pulse
When vomiting is severe
When jaundice arises from Damp-Heat
When cough produces yellow phlegm
When fever is present
In cases marked by fever
When fever occurs together with chills alternating with fever
When fever is accompanied by a red, swollen and sore throat
When fever comes with a heavy sensation in the head
When gastritis presents with Excess stomach acid
When Heat is the dominant factor and Dampness is minimal
When night sweating stems from Damp-Heat in the Liver and Gallbladder
When there is ringing in the ears or reduced hearing
When hearing is impaired or the ears ring
When jaundice is present
In the presence of jaundice
When there is ringing in the ears or hearing loss
When urination is scant and dark, or difficult and painful
- +Che Qian Zi
- +Zhi Zi
- +Ze Xie
When fever occurs together with bound stool
When there is queasiness together with vomiting
When vomiting is of the Excess type
When the body aches all over
When dizziness and vertigo arise from accumulated Phlegm
When sleeplessness occurs with palpitations
When Lin (painful urinary dysfunction) syndrome is present
- +Che Qian Zi
- +Mu Tong
- +Ze Xie
When gallstones are present
When fever comes with a full, distended feeling in the chest
When gastritis involves intense pain
When gastritis presents with distention and pain in the upper abdomen
When the tongue coating is thick and greasy with fullness in the chest and diaphragm
When acute jaundice is marked by pronounced Dampness
When anxiety, sleeplessness and palpitations stem from Phlegm-Heat
When Phlegm-Heat is lodged in the Lungs
When vomiting occurs
When Dampness is present
When vomiting is pronounced
When Cold and Heat alternate
When vertigo is present
When fever manifests
When fever occurs together with jaundice
Cautions
Should not be used in cases of Phlegm-Dampness caused by Yang Deficiency.
Notes
Wrap Bi Yu San in cheesecloth before decocting it together with the remaining ingredients.