HERB FORMULAS

LU DOU GAN CAO TANG - 绿豆甘草湯 - MUNG BEAN AND LICORICE SOUP

English: Mung Bean and Licorice Soup
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Phaseoli Radiati Lu Dou 90- 120g Clears Heat and relieves toxins - antidote for poisoning from toxic herbs such as Aconite Fu Zi, Chuan Wu or fava beans.
With Gan Cao, as an antidote for poisoning from toxic herbs such as Aconite Fu Zi, Chuan Wu or Crotonis Ba Dou and as a summertime beverage to prevent Summerheat and heat rash and to reduce the probability of poisoning from spoiled food.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 15-20g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity and is an antidote for many toxic substances.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Relieves toxicity

SYNDROMES

  • Toxic Heat
  • Summerheat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • High fever
  • Fidgeting
  • Thirst with desire for drinks
  • Skin eruptions
  • Hot feeling of the skin
  • Irritability
  • Insomnia
  • Mania
  • Unconsciousness
  • Hematemesis
  • Epistaxis
  • Hemafecia
  • T: Deep purplish
  • C: White, greasy and thick, obvious in the middle part or Thin and white, with scanty fluids
  • P: Wiry and rapid or Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Do not use unless there is Heat.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Make a decoction, drink it twice a day.

MODIFICATIONS