HERB FORMULAS

HAN SHUI LONG CHI TANG - 寒水龙齿汤 - CALCITUM AND DRAGON'S TEETH DECOCTION

English: Calcitum and Dragon's Teeth Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Calcitum Han Shui Shi 30g Clears Heat and drains Fire from the Yang Ming/Qi Level.
Dens Draconis Long Chi 30g Settles anxiety, calms the Spirit, calms the Liver and anchors and preserves Floating Yang.
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng 15g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat, pacifies Liver Yang and-releases the Exterior.
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu 12g Opens the Orifices, vaporizes Phlegm, removes filth, calms the Spirit and disperses Wind.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 9g Drains Heat, reduces Fire toxicity, purges accumulations, drains Fire, drains Heat from the Blood, activates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, and eliminates Phlegm.
With Huang Lian, for distention, Heart palpitations, mental distress with facial congestion, and epilepsy due to Excess Heat.
Concretio Silicea Bambusae Tian Zhu Huang 9g Clears and transforms Phlegm-Heat, clears Heat, cools the Heart and settles convulsions and tremors.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 9g Drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang.
Hb. Menthae Haplocalycis Bo He 4.5g Disperses Wind-Heat, cools and clears the head and eyes, benefits the throat and relieves Stagnation of Liver Qi.
With Gou Teng, prevents convulsions in febrile children.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3g Drains Fire, resolves Fire toxicity and clears Heart and Stomach Fire.
With Huang Qi, drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease.
Powdered Cornu Saige Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao 1.5g Drains Liver Heat, calms the Liver, anchors Yang, extinguishes Wind, controls spasms and convulsions, drains Heat and clears Fire toxicity.
Quiet the Palace Bezoar Pills (Chinese Patent Medicine) An Gong Niu Huang Wan 1 bolus Clears Heat, relieves toxicity, dislodges Phlegm, opens the Orifices, calms the Shen and resuscitates.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears the Liver
  • Extinguishes Wind
  • Opens the Orifices
  • Transforms Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Phlegm Obstructs the Heart Orifice: Yang Obstruction

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Sudden collapse with loss of consciousness
  • Lockjaw (trismus)
  • Stiffness oft the tongue
  • Difficult speech
  • Eyes open
  • Deviation of eyes and mouth
  • Both fists clenched
  • Retention of urine
  • Constipation
  • Stiffness and spasm of limbs
  • Red face
  • Body feels hot
  • Coarse breathing
  • Bad breath
  • Restlessness
  • Involuntary movements
  • Hemiplegia
  • T: Pink
  • C: Yellow and greasy
  • P: Slippery, wiry and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Dissolve 1 bolus of An Gong Niu Huang Wan and take along with the formula.
  • This is an emergency formula.

MODIFICATIONS