Ma Huang Lian Qiao Chi Xiao Dou Tang连翘赤小豆汤
Ephedra, Forsythia and Aduki Bean Decoction
Also known asEphedra, Forsythia and Red Bean Decoction · Ephedra, Forsythia and Rice Bean Decoction
- Medicinals
- 9
Composition
- Ma HuangHb. Ephedrae6–9 g
Induces sweating, releases the exterior, disseminates and facilitates Lung Qi, calms wheezing, stops coughing, promotes urination, reduces edema and warms and disperses Cold pathogens.
|With Xing Ren, for Wind-Cold cough and wheezing.
Clears Heat, especially in the Upper Jiao, relieves toxicity, clears Blood Heat and promotes urination.
Stops cough and calms wheezing.
Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herb.
for External Wind-Cold.Dispels Heat Toxins.
(Drains Heat from the Lungs, stops cough, calms wheezing, promotes urination and reduces edema. Usually substitutes for *Zi Bai Pi.)*
Promotes urination, reduces edema, clears Damp- Heat, disperses Blood Stasis, reduces swelling and reduces Fire toxicity.
for Deficiency edema.- Ma Huang, Lian Qiao
Releases the Exterior, induces perspiration, disperses Cold, warms the Lungs, stops cough and reduces the toxicity of the other herbs.
- Ma Huang
Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
- Ma Huang, Xing Ren
Actions
- Releases the Exterior
- Disperses Toxicity
- Purges Heat
- Drains Dampness
Patterns treated
- Wind-Heat pattern
- Damp-Heat accompanied by unresolved Wind-Heat and jaundice
Manifestations
- Yellowing over the whole body
- Cold intolerance
- Feverishness
- Absence of sweating
- Generalized bodily soreness
- Sensitivity to Wind
- Craving for fluids
- Stuffy, blocked nose
- Throat pain
- Tissue swelling from fluid retention
- Infrequent, difficult bowel movements
- Sneezing accompanied by thin, clear nasal drainage
- A tickling, itchy sensation in the throat
- An easily provoked, agitated mood
- Oppressive tightness felt in the chest
- Painful, swollen, feverish joints
- Pruritus
- Painful or difficult urination
- Coughing up yellow-colored Phlegm
- Urine that is dark and scant, or that contains blood
- Tongue body
- Red-colored
- Coating
- Yellow-colored
- Pulse
- Floating pulse, or alternatively a Slippery and rapid one
Indications
- Hives
- Food-allergy-induced skin eruptions
- Icterus
- Arthritis of the rheumatoid type
- Long-standing glomerulonephritis
- Difficulty with bowel elimination
- Sudden-onset pyelonephritis
- Sudden-onset hepatitis with jaundice
- Swelling from fluid accumulation
- Febrile illness
- Degenerative joint disease
- Muscle inflammation of the polymyositis type
Modifications
For sudden-onset hives caused by Heart Fire, accompanied by scratch marks on the skin
- −Ma Huang
- +Sheng Di Huang
- +Chi Shao
- +Xuan Shen
- +Dang Gui
- +Zhi Mu
- +Zi Cao
- +Shi Gao
For Yang-type jaundice arising from Wind-Heat
For edema of the Yang type caused by Toxic Heat
For a mixed Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat pattern presenting with fever
For a mixed Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat pattern presenting with Wind intolerance
For Kidney Wind stemming from Wind-Heat-induced bloody urination
For jaundice accompanied by severely reduced, dark yellow urination
For hepatitis of an infectious origin
For long-standing glomerulonephritis
- −Xing Ren
- −Zi Bai Pi
- −Gan Cao
- +Fu Ling
- +Ze Xie
- +Bai Zhu
- +Han Fang Ji
For long-standing glomerulonephritis with pronounced Wind-Heat and a sore throat
- −Xing Ren
- −Zi Bai Pi
- −Gan Cao
- +Fu Ling
- +Ze Xie
- +Bai Zhu
- +Han Fang Ji
- +Shi Gao
- +Jin Yin Hua
- +Lu Gen
- +Ban Lan Gen
- +Jie Geng
For long-standing glomerulonephritis accompanied by a pronounced cough
- −Zi Bai Pi
- −Gan Cao
- +Fu Ling
- +Ze Xie
- +Bai Zhu
- +Han Fang Ji
- +Qian Hu
For sudden-onset hives from Wind-Heat, with pain in the abdomen
For sudden-onset hives from Wind-Heat, accompanied by loose stools
For sudden-onset hives caused by parasites
For a mixed Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat pattern with a thirsty sensation
- +Shi Gao
- +Hua Shi
For a mixed Wind-Cold and Wind-Heat pattern with joints that are red, swollen and painful
For Kidney Wind arising from Wind-Heat
For icteric conditions
For cases presenting with jaundice
For icteric conditions with pronounced Cold intolerance and no perspiration
For icteric conditions with restless, vexing thirst
- −Da Zao
- −Sheng Jiang
- −Gan Cao
- +Ban Lan Gen
- +Yin Chen Hao
- +Sheng Shi Gao
For hepatitis of infectious origin after the Exterior symptoms have resolved
For long-standing glomerulonephritis with pronounced Wind-Cold, Cold intolerance, and a floating, tight pulse