HERB FORMULAS

HUANG LIAN QING XIN YIN - 黄芩清心饮 - COPTIS CLEAR THE HEART DRINK

English: Coptis Clear the Heart Drink
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Dang Gui
Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 6g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 12g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and cools Heart Fire.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 6g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
With Ren Shen, relieves palpitations and anxiety.
Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren 9g Nourishes Heart Yin, tonifies Liver Blood and calms the Spirit.
With Yuan Zhi, balances the contrasting, introverted and dispersing, extroverted manifestations of Spirit to ensure the proper balance of openness and sobriety.
Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen 9g Quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit and soothes the nerves.
Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi 6g Calms the Spirit, sedates the Heart and clears the channel joining the Heart and Kidney.
With Fu Shen and Suan Zao Ren, for irritability, disorientation, palpitations, anxiety and insomnia due to Heart Blood Deficiency or Qi Stagnation.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 6g Tonifies Heart Qi and calms the Spirit.
Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi 6g Tonifies the Kidneys, astringes Jing, nourishes the Heart and calms the Spirit.
With Suan Zao Ren and Yuan Zhi, for irritability, palpitations and insomnia from Lack of Communication between the Heart and Kidneys.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Purges Fire
  • Calms the Shen
  • Nourishes Yin

SYNDROMES

  • Heart Fire

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Nocturnal emission, worse with taxation
  • Excessive dreaming
  • Spermatorrhea
  • Frequent easy erections
  • A dry mouth and tongue
  • Ulceration, erosion, and pain of mouth and tongue
  • Heat sensations In the Heart
  • Thirst with a desire for cold drinks
  • Irritability
  • Irascibility
  • Agitation
  • Restlessness
  • Restless sleep
  • Dizziness
  • Feeling of Heat and disturbance in the Heart
  • Insomnia
  • Flushed face
  • Bitter taste in the mouth
  • Susceptibility too fright
  • Impaired memory
  • Fatigue
  • Lethargy
  • Reddish urine
  • Dark colored urine
  • Maybe burning, hot, painful urination
  • T: Red tip with ulcers especially on the tip
  • C: Thin and yellow

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For easy erections, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emissions: For easy erections, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emissions with premature ejaculations:
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi + 1g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ 1g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + 6g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 6g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi +6g Stamen Nelumbinis Lian Xu
For easy erections, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emissions with severe Heart Fire: For easy erections, spermatorrhea and nocturnal emissions with Heart Yin Deficiency:
- Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen - Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
- Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao - Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
- Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi - Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
+ 1g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui + 1g Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai + 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ 6g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi + 6g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 6g Plumula Nelumbinis Lian Zi Xin + 9g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
    + 9g Rx. Asparagi Tian Men Dong