HERB FORMULAS

QING WEI SAN

English: Clear the Stomach Powder
Also Known As: Coptis and Rehmannia Formula
Powder for Clearing Away Stomach Heat

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 1-10g Clears Stomach Fire, drains Heat, relieves toxicity and stops bleeding.
Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma 1-10g Relieves toxicity, raises and disperses Heat and guides other herbs upwards.
With Huang Lian, clears and drains Heart and Stomach Fire with gum swelling, toothache and ulcerations of the mouth and tongue.
With Sheng Di Huang, for toothache from Stomach Fire.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 1.5-9g Cools the Blood and clears Heat.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Ying and Xue Stage Heat with a high fever, scarlet tongue, thirst, a rash all over the body, epistaxis and hemoptysis or residual Warm pathogen which has injured the Yin and Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 9-15g Cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, cools Heart Fire and generates Fluids.
With Sheng Ma, cools Heat in the Lungs and Stomach stopping hemoptysis and hematemesis.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9-12g Reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Drains Stomach Fire
  • Cools Blood
  • Nourishes Yin

SYNDROMES

  • Stomach Fire Blazing
  • Stomach Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Toothache (especially when pain extends into the head)
  • Toothache is worse with Heat and better with Cold
  • Facial swelling
  • Fever
  • Bad breath
  • Dry mouth and tongue
  • Bleeding gums
  • Sores on the gums
  • Swollen, painful tongue
  • Swollen, painful lips
  • Swollen, painful jaw
  • Pain is better with Cold and worse with Heat
  • Swelling and pain of the throat
  • Feverish cheeks
  • Temporal headache
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or Yellow
  • P: Slippery, big and rapid

TREATS

  • Stomatitis
  • Gingivitis
  • Ulcerative gingivitis
  • Trigeminal neuralgia
  • Periodontal disease
  • Periodontitis
  • Glossitis
  • Idiopathic halitosis
  • Toothache
  • Infections affecting the head
  • Swelling of the larynx and pharynx
  • Halitosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with toothache due to Wind-Cold.
  • Contraindicated for those with toothache tooth and gum problems due to KI Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For strong thirst with a desire for cold drinks: For toothache:
- Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ White Tiger Decoction
Bai Hu Tang
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
For sinusitis due to Excess Stomach Heat :
+ Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
+ Xanthium Powde
Cang Er San
For sinusitis due to Excess Stomach Heatwith sticky yellow mucus:
For sinusitis due to Excess Stomach Heat with restlessness and thirst:
+ Xanthium Powde
Cang Er San
+ Xanthium Powde
Cang Er San
+ Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
+ Sp. Gleditsiae Zao Jiao Ci + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
For sinusitis due to Excess Stomach Heat with gingival swelling and bleeding:
For gum bleeding:
+ Xanthium Powde
Cang Er San
 + Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
or
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos Xiao Ji + Rx. Cyathulae Chuan Niu Xi
For fever:
For abscesses of the upper palate, gingivitis and glossitis in infants:
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
For toothache due to Wind-Heat:
 + Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao
+ Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
For Heat in the Large Intestine with constipation:
+ Hb. Menthae Bo He + Rx. and Rz. Rhei Da Huang
For swelling and pain of the gums:
or
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin + Rx. and Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen + Natri sulfas Mang Xiao
For swelling, inflammation and pain:
or
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
Major Order the Qi Decoction
Da Cheng Qi Tang
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For stomatitis:
For toothache and headache:
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Hb. Asari Xi Xin + Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
For thirst due to deficiency:
For strong thirst with a desire for cold drinks due to Excess Heat in the Stomach: + Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao + Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
For headache:
For nasal Dryness:
+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi + 10g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong + 6g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang