Author: Wen Ken Group
Year: 1937
Source: Wen Ken Group
Category: Formulas that Clear Heat
Pattern: Excess Heat accumulating internally
Key Symptoms: Ulcer, fever or toothache
Secondary Symptoms: Red eyes, profuse sweating, irritability, loss of concentration, fatigue
Ingredients
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Shi Gao
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Pinyin: Shi Gao
Chinese: 石膏
Pharmaceutical: Gypsum Fibrosum / Calcium Sulphate
Taxonomy: CaSO4
English: Gypsum / Plaster of Paris |
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Tastes: Pungent, sweet, cold
Meridians Entered: Lung and Stomach |
Actions & Indications:
- Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst
Heat in the Qi Stage or Yangming Heat with high fever, no chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, restlessness, encephalitis, a flooding, big pulse and a red tongue with a yellow coat
- Clears Excess Heat from the Lungs
Lung Heat with cough, wheezing, fever and a thick viscous sputum
- Clears Blazing Stomach Fire
Stomach Fire with headache, toothache or swollen gums
- Heals eczema, burns and ulcerated sores and wounds
Sores and wounds (topically or internally)
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Standard Dosage: 15-60g in decoction.
Cautions: Mineral products are prohibited from use in the UK under the Medicines Act 1968 ch. 67 which restricts herbalists to the use of plant products only.
Conventional replacements include Huang Lian and Zhi Mu but its actions are difficult to substitute in many cases and the patient may have to rely on OTC mineral based antacids from the pharmacy such as sodium bicarbonate and calcium carbonate which have a similar effect of binding and neutralising the stomach acid, then using herbal medicines as an adjunctive treatment. Another possibility would be to use sodium alginate that is often found in antacid medications and extracted from seaweed. |
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Fang Jie Shi
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Pinyin: Fang Jie Shi
Chinese: 方解石
Pharmaceutical: Calcite
Taxonomy: CaCO3
English: Calcite |
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Tastes: Bitter, pungent, extremely cold
Meridians Entered: Lung and Stomach |
Actions & Indications:
- Clears Heat and eliminates Dampness, dredges the meridians and resolves Toxicity
Jaundice, Heat accumulation in the chest
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Standard Dosage: 9-15g in decoction.
Cautions: Avoild using it with Ba Dou. |
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Subsitutions:
In the UK all these ingredients are not covered by herbal medicine and need to be substituted.
Preparation: Patent product sold prepared and sold like mineral water in Singapore and Malaysia.
Actions: Clears Heat
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Reference Notes: (click to display)
Most formulas are found in Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet (2009): Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies and Chen & Chen (2015) Chinese Herbal Formulas and Applications. Others are from translations of primary sources. It is recommended that the original material is cross-referenced for mistakes and additional information.
Substitutions have been taken from Ken Lloyd & Prof. Leung (2004): Mayway UK Substitution List or the above publications and are intended as suggestions to help navigate the tight restrictions in the UK quickly. More applicable substitutions may be appropriate in specific situations.
Individual herb information has initially been sourced from TCM Wiki and American Dragon for basic data and then updated manually with my own notes.
These pages are intended to assist clinicians and are not intended for self-diagnosis or treatment for which a qualified professional should be consulted.
