Huo Yu Tang火雨汤
Fire Depression Decoction
- Medicinals
- 7
Composition
Releases the exterior, vents measles, clears Heat, relieves toxicity, raises Yang and lifts Sunken *Qi* .
unblocks pores to vent rashes and treat Wind-Heat patterns in which Heat toxin has injured the Fluids of the Stomach with fever, chills, headache and thirst, for early-stage measles with incomplete expression of the rash with fever along with relatively superficial Yang Ming disorders.with other Wind-expelling, exterior releasing herbs to treat continuous fever, headache and sore throat from Wind-Heat patterns constrained in the muscle layer and chronic dysenteric disorders, rectal prolapse, and uterine prolapse due to Yang Deficiency.Resolves Shao Yang disorders, reduces fever (harmonizes the Exterior and Interior), spreads Liver Qi, relieves Stagnation,.raises Yang Qi (specifically the Clear Qi of the Stomach and Gallbladder), disperses Wind-Heat and resolves Phlegm and congestion
- Bai Shao
for hepatitis with upper right quadrant pain and Wind-Heat fever.for Wind-Heat with neck and shoulder pain.Discharges Exterior conditions, releases the muscles, especially of the neck and upper back, relieves Heat, generates fluids (relieves thirst), vents and discharges measles, raises Spleen Yang, stops diarrhea and alleviates symptoms of hypertension.
for exterior patterns where the the chills gradually improve while the fever gradually increases along with stiffening of the neck and upper back and absence of sweating.Nourishes Blood, regulates menstruation, astringes Yin, adjusts the Ying and *Wei, calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind, alleviates pain and softens the Liver.*
regulates the relationship between the Liver and Spleen and nourishes sinews for abdominal pain due to disharmony between the Liver and Stomach, epigastric, hypochondriac or flank pain and muscle spasms, pain and numbness, especially in the calf, due to Blood Deficiency.for flank pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation.Releases the exterior, expels External Wind, expels Wind-Dampness, alleviates pain, Expels Internal Wind, stops spasms, relieves diarrhea and stops bleeding.
Releases the exterior, induces sweating, disperses Cold, unblocks the *Yang and relieves toxicity.*
Tonifies the Spleen, augments *Qi, moderates spasms, alleviates pain, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.*
Actions
- Disperses the Exterior
- Promotes the eruption of measles
- Eliminates Heat
- Counteracts toxicity
- Elevates Yang and raises Qi that has sunk
- Frees the movement of Liver Qi
- Resolves Stagnation
- Builds the Blood
Patterns treated
- Exterior Wind-Heat accompanied by measles
- Five-sole Heat arising from Liver Stagnation
Manifestations
- Fever accompanied by chills
- Pain in the head
- A sensation of thirst
- A throat that is sore
- Abdominal pain stemming from Liver-Stomach disharmony
- Pain in the epigastrium, hypochondrium, or flank
- Muscles that spasm, ache and feel numb
- Long-standing dysentery-type disorders
- Prolapse of the rectum
- Prolapse of the uterus
- A spinning, vertiginous sensation
- Lightheadedness
- Pain across the thorax and ribs
- Irregular menstrual cycles
- Heat in the five soles
- Tongue body
- A red tongue body
- Coating
- Scant or entirely absent
- Pulse
- Thready, wiry and rapid, possibly floating as well
Indications
- The eruptive illness measles
- Measles at an early stage, where the rash has not fully emerged
- Hepatitis presenting with pain in the right upper quadrant
- Diminished urine output (oliguria)
- Persistent dysentery conditions
- The rectum protruding, i.e. rectal prolapse
- The uterus descending, i.e. uterine prolapse
- Wind-Heat accompanied by pain in the neck and shoulder
- Pain in the abdomen