HERB FORMULAS

English: Transform Blotches Decoction
Also Known As: Transform Maculae Decoction
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 30g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability, quenches thirst, clears Excess Heat from the Lungs, clears Blazing Stomach Fire and heals eczema, burns and ulcerated sores and wounds.
With Zhi Mu, for with high fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
With Xi Jiao, for epidemic Damp-Heat toxin with high fever, loss of consciousness, epistaxis and rash.
With Zhi Mu, Geng Mi and Gan Cao, for Heat in the Qi or Yang Ming Stage.
With Xuan Shen and Xi Jiao, for Heat at the Qi and Blood Stages with skin eruptions and echymoses.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 12g Clears Heat from the Qi Stage, Lungs and Stomach, drains Fire, nourishes Yin , moistens Dryness, generates Fluids, clears Deficiency Fire and quenches thirst.
With Shi Gao, cools Heat in the Yang Ming or Qi Stage while protecting Stomach fluids.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 9g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 9g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.
Cornu Rhinoceri Xi Jiao 2-6g Clears Heat from the Ying and Xue stages,
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elieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears skin blotches and stops bleeding.
(Cornu Bubali) (Shui Niu Jiao) 30-120g (Substitutes for Xi Jiao.)
Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi 9-20g Stops restlessness, stops thirst and generates fluids.
  • Clears Qi Stage Heat
  • Clears Xue Stage Heat (Cools the Blood)
  • Qi Stage Heat
  • Xue Stage Heat (Blood Heat)
  • Liver Fire Attacking the Stomach
  • Stomach Fire
  • High fever, worse at night
  • Insomnia
  • IrritabilitY
  • Mild thirst with no desire to drink
  • Mental disturbance
  • Speech disturbance
  • Dark red, dry, painful rashes
  • T: Deep red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Thready and rapid
CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Yang Deficiency.
  • Contraindicated for those with Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS