HERB FORMULAS

QIN LIAN SI WU TANG - 苓连四物汤 - FOUR SUBSTANCE DECOCTION WITH SCUTELLARIA AND COPTIS

English: Four Substance Decoction with Scutellaria and Coptis
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 9-12g Nourishes Stomach and Lung Yin and generates fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang, for hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 3-6g Clears Heat, dries Dampness, drains Fire, detoxifies, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Bai Shao, for dysenteric disorders with abdominal pain due to Heat entering the Interior.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3-6g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, Drains Fire, resolves Fire toxicity and stops bleeding.
With Sheng Di Huang, for insomnia and delirium due to unremitting Heat injuring the Ying level.
With Huang Qin, drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 3-6g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi and alleviates pain.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency causing menstrual problems including dysmenorrhea, scanty menses, and amenorrhea.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 9-12g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, stops pain due to Blood Stasis and regulates the menses.
With Bai Shao, regulates and harmonizes Qi and Blood and treats Blood Deficiency Heat.
With Chuan Xiong, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 9-12g Nourishes the Blood, regulates menstruation, softens the Liver and relieves pain.
With Huang Qin and Huang Lian, for Damp-Heat dysenteric disorders.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 9-12g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, Nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Tonifies the Blood
  • Drains Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Deficiency with Excess Heat
  • Liver Blood Deficiency with Empty Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Short menstrual cycle
  • Purple Blood
  • Heavy flow
  • Red, sticky vaginal discharge
  • Tidal fever
  • Greenish complexion
  • Metrorrhagia with thick blood
  • Dizziness
  • Blurred vision
  • Palpitations
  • Insomnia
  • Irritability
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Thready, forceful and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For abdominal pain:  
+ Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi    
+ Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo