HERB FORMULAS

XIE PI CHU RE YIN - 泻脾除熱饮 - DRAIN THE SPLEEN AND CLEAR HEAT DRINK

English: Drain the Spleen and Clear Heat Drink
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fr. Leonuri Chong Wei Zi 10g Clears Heat and clears the eyes.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 6g Releases the Exterior and expels External Wind.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 10g Drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang.
With Zhi Zi, powerfully clears and drains lurking Heat from the Lungs with fever, fullness in the chest, coughing with yellow sputum and epistaxis or hematemesis.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 10g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, transforms Phlegm-Heat, drains Fire and Relieves toxicity.
Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi 10g Clears Heat, reduces Fire and eliminates irritability.
Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao 18g Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst.
With Zhi Mu, for a high fever from Wind-Heat or Qi Stage Heat or Yang Ming Heat with irritability and extreme thirst.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 6g Drains Fire, clears Heat and reduces Fire toxicity.
Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu 6g Clears Heat and drains Fire Nourishes Yin and moistens Dryness
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 6g Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Zhi Mu, for Yin Deficiency fever.
with Zhi Zi, resolves constraint and directs Qi downward for clearing Heat and Fire from the Liver channel.
Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua 6g Disperses Wind, clears Heat, calms the Liver, clears the eyes and detoxifies.
With Fang Feng, for Wind-Heat irritating the Exterior with slight chills, mild fever, headache and itchy eyes.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Dispels Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Detoxifies

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Acute eye pain
  • Redness and swelling of the eye with a burning sensation
  • Pain is aggravated by exposure to Wind and Heat
  • Formation of pus in the eye
  • Fever
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Thirst
  • A distending headache
  • Constipation
  • T: Red tip
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Floating and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For pus in the eye: For a headache:
+ 10g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying + 10g Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
+ 10g Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua + 5g Hb. Menthae Bo He
For a fever:
For constipation: + 5g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ Aloe Liu Hui + 10g Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen
+ Natrii Sulfas Mang Xiao