HERB FORMULAS

HUANG QIN HUA SHI TANG - 黄芩滑石汤 - SCUTELLARIA AND TALCUM DECOCTION

English: Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 9-20g Clears Heat, drains Fire, dries Dampness and detoxifies.
With Bai Dou Kou, Hua Shi and Zhu Ling for Damp-Warm febrile disease in the Middle Jiao with recurrent fevers and body aches.
With Hua Shi, Tong Cao and Bai Dou Kou, for Damp-Heat with fever, chest fullness and a greasy tongue coat.
Talcum Hua Shi 9-10g Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Bladder, clears and releases Summerheat and expels Damp-Heat through the urine.
With Huang Qin and Tong Cao, for Damp-Warmth when Damp-Heat obstructs the Qi Level.
Cx. Poria Cocos Fu Ling Pi 9g Stronger diuretic than Fu Ling, expels Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
Per. Arecae Da Fu Pi 6-10g Descends Qi, reduces Stagnation, promotes urination and expels Dampness.
With Tong Cao for edema and distention due to Damp-Heat.
Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou 3-6g Aromatically transforms Dampness, descends Qi, moves Qi and transforms Stagnation.
Medulla Tetrapanacis Tong Cao 3-6g Promotes urination and clears Heat.
Polyporus Zhu Ling 9-15g Promotes urination, expels Dampness and dispels Damp-Heat.
With Da Fu Pi, for urinary difficulty, edema, and abdominal distention.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Dampness

SYNDROMES

  • Warm-Damp Febrile Disease affecting the Middle Jiao
  • Summerheat and Dampness

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fever
  • Fever apparently resolves with sweat but then reappears
  • Body aches
  • Little or no thirst
  • Oliguria
  • Dirty face
  • Heaviness sensation of the body
  • T: Normal
  • C: Pale yellow and very moist
  • P: Soft and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • The Dampness is caused by untransformed food which Stagnates and leads to Heat.
  • It is used for Damp-Heat with equal amounts of Dampness and Heat.

MODIFICATIONS

For stranguria of the Heat type with frequent, difficult urination, dripping urine a slow pulse and a yellow and smooth tongue coat: For severe Heat signs:
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
- Medulla Tetrapanacis Tong Cao + Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For severe nasal congestion and sinusitis:
For severe nasal congestion and very swollen membranes:
+ Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
+ 9g Hb. Agastaches Huo Xiang + Flos Magnoliae Xin Yi Hua
+ 9g Hb. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu + Hb. Menthae Bo He
For foul-smelling, green or profuse, yellow nasal discharge:
+ 9g Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi
For marked Spleen Deficiency:
+ 18g Hb. Houttuyniae Yu Xing Cao
+ 15g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 9g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
Alternate with:
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + 15g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
For abdominal distention, especially after meals:
+ 15g Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao
+ 9g Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po
For coughing with profuse Phlegm:
+ 9g Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 9g Per. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Pi
For a headache at the vertex:
For a frontal headache or supraorbital bone pain:
+ 12g Rx. et Rz. Ligustici Gao Ben
For a headache at the temples:
+ 12g Fr. Viticis Man Jing Zi + 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ 12g Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi
For an occipital headache:
+ 12g Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
For heaviness of the body and limbs:
For severe Damp-Heat:
+ 9g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 15g Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao
+ 9g Hb. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 3g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
For sinusitis with Blood Stagnation:
For diabetes:
 + 9g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
- Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou + 9g Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
- Polyporus Zhu Ling
+ 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For diabetes with Deficiency Heat:
+ 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu - Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai - Polyporus Zhu Ling
For diabetes with Damp-Heat damaging Stomach Yin:
 + 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
- Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou + 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
- Polyporus Zhu Ling + 12g Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
+ 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 12g Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For diabetes with Kidney Yin Deficiency:
+12g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong - Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou
+ 12g Rz. Polygoni Odorati Yu Zhu - Polyporus Zhu Ling
+ 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
For diabetes with Spleen Deficiency:
 + 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
- Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou + 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
- Polyporus Zhu Ling +12g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
+ 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie + 12g Rx. Polygoni Multiflori He Shou Wu
+ 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
+ 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For diabetes with Spleen Deficiency:
+ 15g Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao - Fr. Amomi Bai Dou Kou
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu - Polyporus Zhu Ling
+ 6g Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ 6g Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen + 6g Rz. Atractylodis Cang Zhu
    + 6g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
    + 12g Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
    + 12g Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen