HERB FORMULAS

DAI GE SAN - 黛蛤散 - POWDER OF NATURAL INDIGO AND CYCLINA

English: Powder of Natural Indigo and Cyclina
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fried Cx. Mori Chao Sang Bai Pi 10g Drains stagnant Heat from the Lungs and stops cough and wheezing.
With Di Gu Pi and Gan Cao, for cough with thick sputum, fever, irritability and thirst due to Phlegm-Heat Obstructing the Lungs.
Cx. Lycii Radicis Di Gu Pi 10g Clears Deficiency Fire, clears Heat, clears Lung Heat and stops cough.
 With Sang Bai Pi, for Lung Heat cough or wheezing.
Fried Rx. Glycyrrhizae Zhi Gan Cao 1g Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough, clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and harmonizes.
Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi 8g Protects the Stomach from the cold properties of the other herbs.
Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai 1g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and treats cough due to Lung Heat.
Concha Meretricis/Cyclinae Hai Ge Ke 3g Clears Heat, descends Lung Qi, treats Lung Heat cough and resolves Phlegm.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Drains (Hidden) Heat from the Lungs
  • Calms wheezing

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Fire Scorches the Lungs
  • Lung Heat
  • Children who alternate between Excess and Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Coughing (high and clear sounding)
  • Wheezing
  • Fever
  • Skin that feels hot to the touch
  • Symptoms worse in the late afternoon
  • Dry mouth
  • Little or difficult to expectorate sputum
  • Burning pain in the chest and hypochondrium
  • Yellow sputum
  • Hemoptysis
  • Impatience
  • Irritability
  • Dry, bitter taste in the mouth
  • Conjunctival congestion
  • Dizziness
  • Maybe constipation
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Thready and rapid - maybe wiry

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with coughing and wheezing from Wind-Cold, Wind-Heat, or Damp-Phlegm.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Modify to protect the Spleen from the cold herbs.

MODIFICATIONS

For the beginning cough stage of pertussis:
 For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Phlegm-Heat:
+ Three-Unbinding Decoction
San Ao Tang
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ Mulberry Leaf and Chrysanthemum Decoction
Sang Ju Yin
- Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Phlegm-Heat with severe insomnia and restlessness: - Poria Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
 - Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Chuan Bei Mu
- Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Poria Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
+ 12g Cx. Lycii
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with Blood-streaked sputum:
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
- Rx. Platycodi
+ 12g Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
- Rx. Ophiopogonis
+ 6g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian - Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 10g Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye - Poria Fu Ling
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with constipation: - Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
 - Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
- Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae
- Poria Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
+ 12g Cx. Lycii
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
+ 10g Cx. Moutan
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
+ 10g Nodus Nelumbinis
+ 30g Hb. Agrimoniae
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Chuan Bei Mu
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with chest or flank pain:
+ 12g Cx. Lycii
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
+ 6-9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei
For cough due to Liver Fire Attacking the Lungs with severe Lung Heat: - Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
- Poria Fu Ling
+ Clear Metal and Transform Phlegm Pill
Qing Jin Hua Tan Wan
 - Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
- Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi - Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
- Poria Fu Ling
- Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren + 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Chuan Bei Mu
+15g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
- Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
+ 12g Cx. Lycii
+ 9g Rx. Curcumae
+ 10g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae
Chuan Bei Mu
_+ 9g Fr. Toosendan
For hemoptysis:
+ 12g Cx. Lycii
+ Drain the White Powder
Xie Bai San
+ 6-9g Rx. Gentianae
For hemoptysis with severe bleeding:
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae
+ Drain the White Powder
Xie Bai San
+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/ Meretricis
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae
+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae
+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/Meretricis
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae
+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae
+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae
+ 12g Rx. Rubiae
+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
For hemoptysis with severe Liver Heat:
+ Drain the White Powder
Xie Bai San
+ 12g Rx. Rubiae
+ Patent Medicine
Yunnan Bai Yao
+ 9g Rx. Scutellariae
+ 9g powdered Concha Cyclinae/Meretricis
or
+ + 3g powdered Rx. Notoginseng San Qi Fen
+ 9g dry-fried Pollen Typhae
   
+ 18g Rz. Imperatae
   
+ 12g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis
   
   
+ 12g Rx. Rubiae
   
+ 9g Rx. Gentianae
   
+ 12g Haematitum