HERB FORMULAS

LIU YI SAN - 六一散 - SIX ONE POWDER

English: Six One Powder
Also Known As: Six-to-One Powder

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Talcum Hua Shi 18-30g (6) Clears Summerheat and drains Damp-Heat.
With Gan Cao, generates fluids.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3-5g (1) Harmonizes the Middle Jiao, mildly clears Heat, and detoxifies.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Summerheat
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Tonifies Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Summerheat and Dampness
  • Lin syndrome
  • Damp-Heat skin disorders

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Fever
  • Sweating
  • Thirst
  • Irritability
  • Fidgeting
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Reddish urine
  • Pain from urinary stones
  • Dysuria
  • Urinary difficulty
  • Diarrhea
  • Scanty dark urine
  • Painful urination
  • Papules
  • Sores
  • T: Normal or red
  • C: Thin, yellow and greasy
  • P: Soggy and rapid or Forceful and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use caution with weak, elderly or Yin Deficient patients.
  • Contraindicated for those with frequent, copious urination.
  • Contraindicated for those with Summerheat without Dampness.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Mix the two ingredients with honey.

MODIFICATIONS

For Dry Summerheat: For severe Summerheat:
- Talcum Hua Shi + Preparatio Citrulli Xi Gua Shuang
+ 9 gm Gypsum Shi Gao + Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye
For severe thirst with a red tongue:
For injury to Qi and fluids:
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii Xi Yang Shen
+ Rx. Adenophorae/ Glehniae Sha Shen
For stony painful urination:
+ Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu + Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao
+ Rx. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu + Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
For bloody painful urination:
 + Sp. Lygodii Hai Jin Sha
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
For cystitis or urethritis:
+ Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji + Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
or
For sore throat, blood shot eyes, and cold sores:
Cacumen Biotae Ce Bai Ye + Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos Xiao Ji
For Lin syndrome:
or
 + Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen + Poria Fu Ling
+ Hb. siva Rx. Cirsii Japonici Da Ji + Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos Xiao Ji
For reduced, dark urination:
Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye + Poria Rubra Chi Fu Ling
For fever in the summer:
For fever and chills:
+ Fasc. Luffae Si Gua Luo Hb. Menthae Bo He
+ Raiment Citrulli Xi Gua Cui Yi
For Summer-Heat with irritability:
or
+ Cinnabaris
Zhu Sha
+ Fasc. Luffae Si Gua Luo
+ Medulla Junci
Deng Xin Cao
+ Citrus Citrulli Xi Gua Cui Yi
To promote urination and induce sweating:
+ Fol. Bambusae Zhu Ye + Bul. Allii Fistulosi Cong Bai
For dysenteric disorders with pus and Blood during the summer caused by Cold food or drink:
+ Sm. Sojae Preparatum Dan Dou Chi
+ Charred Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi Tan
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis:
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + Gryllodes Xi Shuai
or
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with large stones:
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha + Gryllodes Xi Shuai
+ Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang + 30g Sp. Lygodii Hai Jin Sha
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with dysuria with burring urination:
+ 30g Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao
+ Gryllodes Xi Shuai
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with Blood in the urine:
+ 12g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi + Gryllodes Xi Shuai
+ 12g Fol. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei + 30g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
For nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis with colic pain:
+ 12g Hb. Dianthi Qu Mai
+ 5g Succinum Hu Po + 12g Hb. Polygoni Avicularis Bian Xu
For infantile diarrhea with infection:
For infantile diarrhea with Spleen Deficiency:
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian + Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
For pertussis in overweight people:
For pertussis in underweight people:
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui
+ Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Poria Fu Ling + Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang
For concurrent Exterior conditions with chills and aversion to Wind, headache with a sense of distention and a cough:
+ Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong
For stomatitis with a sticky tongue coating and foul breath:
+ Hb. Menthae Bo He + Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For eczema:
+ Drain the Yellow Powder
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