HERB FORMULAS

BAI HE DI HUANG TANG - 百合地黃汤 - LILY BULB AND REHMANNIA DECOCTION

English: Lily Bulb and Rehmannia Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Bul. Lilii Bai He 15-30g Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs, clears Heat, clears the Heart and calms the Spirit.
With Sheng Di Huang, cools the Heart and treats both Qi and Blood to restore harmony to the Ying and Wei after a warm febrile disease.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15-30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, generates fluids and cools Heart Fire.
Fr. Jujube Da Zao 30g Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and calms the Spirit.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Moistens the Lungs and Heart
  • Nourishes Fluids
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Clears Deficiency Heat
  • Cools the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Late-stage or aftermath of Ying or Xue Stage Heat
  • Bai He Bing (Lily Syndrome)

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Mental disorientation
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Palpitations
  • Depression
  • Restlessness
  • Hopelessness
  • Sudden mood swings
  • Erratic behavior
  • Feels cold then not cold
  • Feels hot then not hot
  • Aversion to life
  • Dry mouth
  • Dry stools
  • Dry throat
  • Fatigue
  • Irregular stools
  • Lethargy
  • Mental instability
  • Obsessions
  • Craves food then hates food
  • Does not like to talk
  • Does not know what he/she wants
  • Dark urine
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Dizziness
  • Muddled thinking
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • P: Slightly rapid or Weak and rapid or Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Excess Fire in the Lungs and Heart.
  • Contraindicated for those with Yin Deficiency as the main pathology.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For damage to the Fluids from a high fever with irritability, insomnia and a dry throat: For Heart Fire with Yin Deficiency:
+ Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction
Chai Hu Jia Long Gu Mu Li Tang
+ Rx. Pseudostellariae Tai Zi Shen
+ Sm. Ziziphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren For Lung Dryness:
+ Concha Ostreae Mu Li + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng + Rx. Glehniae/ Adenophorae Sha Shen
+ Talcum Hua Shi
For Lily Disorder with Plum-pit Qi Stagnation: + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
+ Pinellia and Magnolia Bark Decoction
Ban Xia Hou Po Tang
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For hysteria: For hysteria with blindness:
+ 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren + 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
For hysteria with aphonia: + 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 9g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
For hysteria with deafness:
+ 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren + 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren
+ 9g Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
+ 9g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
For hysteria with paralysis: + 30g Magnetitum Ci Shi
+ 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + 6g Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi
For Lily syndrome:
+ 9g Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren + 10g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 12g Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 10g Flos Albizziae He Huan Hua
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + 12g Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
+ 9g Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ 9g Radix Aucklandiae
 Mu Xiang
+ 9g Pheretima Di Long