HERB FORMULAS

BAI HU JIA CANG ZHU TANG - 白虎加苍术湯 - WHITE TIGER PLUS ATRACTYLODES DECOCTION

English: White Tiger Plus Atractylodes Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Gypsum Fibrosum Recens Sheng Shi Gao 20-48g Clears Heat, drains Fire, clears excess Heat from the Lungs, clears Blazing Stomach Fire, nourishes Body Fluids and stops thirst.
With Zhi Mu, for high fever from Wind-Heat, Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 9-18g Clears Heat, drains Fire, Nourishes Yin, moistens Dryness and generates fluids.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Preparata Zhi Gan Cao 3-6g Alleviates pain, and moderates and harmonizes the properties of the other herbs.
Sm. Oryzae Geng Mi 6-30g Tonifies Yang, tonifies Qi, stops restlessness, stops thirst and generates fluids.
Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu 9g Strongly dries Dampness, tonifies the Spleen, induces sweating and expels Wind-Dampness.
With Shi Gao, for Warm-Damp febrile disease with fever, profuse sweating and generalized body aches.
With Shi Gao and Zhi Mu, for early-Stage Damp-Heat when Dampness and Heat are of equal strength, marked by fevers that fail to recede, focal distention in the chest, heavy lethargy, and thirst with no desire to drink.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Generates Fluids
  • Stops pain

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Damp-Heat Bi
  • Yang Ming Jing with Interior Dampness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Joint pain
  • Chest distention
  • Profuse perspiration
  • Dyspnea
  • High fever
  • Profuse perspiration
  • Great thirst with a desire to drink
  • Abdominal pain
  • Dryness
  • Irritability
  • Restlessness
  • Feverish body parts
  • Red face
  • Dry stools
  • No constipation
  • No aversion to Cold
  • T: Red, dry
  • C: Dry yellow
  • P: Rolling and rapid (gigantic)

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For significant Dampness in the Middle Jiao: For injury to the Qi and Fluids by Summerheat:
+ Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang
+ Decoction to to Clear Summerheat and Augment Qi
Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang
+ Hb. Eupatorii Pei Lan
+ Talcum Hua Shi
+ Medulla Tetrapanacis Tong Cao For a strong thirst:
For body aches: + Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
+ Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren + Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen
+ Sm. Sojae Germinatum Da Dou Juan For abdominal bloating:
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
+ Cx. Erythrinae Hai Tong Pi
For a bitter taste int eh mouth, nausea and vomiting: + Caulis Perillae Zi Su Geng
For osteoarthritis due to Heat Bi:
+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia - Sm. Oryzae Geng Mi
+ 60g Caulis Lonicerae Ren Dong Teng
+ Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 9g Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + 9g Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng