HERB FORMULAS

SHU FENG QING RE TANG - 疏风清热湿爇痹汤 - DISPEL WIND, CLEAR HEAT DECOCTION

English: Dispel Wind, Clear Heat Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua 30g Clears Heat and resolves Fire toxicity.
With Lian Qiao and Huang Qin, for unremitting high fever.
With Lian Qiao and Niu Bang Zi, for Wei Stage and Qi Stage Heat and pneumonia with Heat signs.
Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao 15g Clears Heat (especially in the Upper Jiao) and relieves toxicity.
With Jin Yin Hua, for initial-stage Wind-Heat.
Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen 15g Drains Heat, generates Fluids, clears and drains Lung Heat, transforms Phlegm and moistens Lung Dryness.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.
With Niu Bang Zi and Jie Geng, for pain and swelling of the throat.
With Jie Geng and Gan Cao, for sore throat with Dryness and pain.
Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin 12g Drains Fire, detoxifies, Cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi 12g Drains Heat from the Lungs, stops cough and calms wheezing.
With Huang Qin, drains Heat from the Lungs, and stops cough and wheezing.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 12g Opens the Lungs, spreads Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, benefits the throat and opens and raises Lung Qi, directing the effects of other herbs to the upper body.
With Gan Cao and Huang Qin, disseminates Lung Qi, expels Phlegm, resolves toxicity, and expels pus for productive cough with hoarseness and pain and swelling of the throat due to Wind-Heat.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat, cools the Blood and relieves pain.
Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie 10g Releases the Exterior, expels Wind, dispels Wind and relieves muscle spasms.
With Jie Geng and Gan Cao, for acute cough associated with External disorders.
With Fang Feng, for Exterior Excess.
With Fang Feng, Jin Yin Hua and Lian Qiao, for Exterior signs and symptoms.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 10g Releases the Exterior and expels External Wind.
Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu 10g Clears Heat, transforms Phlegm and stops cough.
With Lian Qiao and Niu Bang, for acute cough due to Wind-Heat Invasion with dry mouth, scratchy throat, and thick yellow sputum.
With Lian Qiao, clears Heat toxin, transforms turbid Phlegm, opens Stagnation and disperses clumped swellings to treat cough with thick yellow sputum, scrofula and goiter from Phlegm-Fire.
Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi 10g Disperses Wind-Heat and benefits the throat.
With Gan Cao, strongly clears the throat and Lungs to treat Wind-Heat Attacks the Lungs or Fire toxin flaring upwards.
With Jie Geng, for throat inflammation and productive cough due to Wind-Heat.
With Lian Qiao, unblocks and drains Heat toxin.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 10g Moistens the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, stops cough and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Expels Wind
  • Clears Heat
  • Clears Toxins
  • Eases the throat

SYNDROMES

  • Wind-Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Acute sore throat
  • Throat and tonsils are swollen and red
  • Swollen cervical lymph nodes
  • Fever and chills
  • Headache
  • Nasal obstruction
  • Fatigue
  • Poor appetite
  • Cough
  • Sudden loss of voice
  • Throat and vocal cords are red
  • Productive cough
  • T: Slightly red tip and edges
  • C: Thin and yellow
  • P: Floating and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger effect: For concurrent Phlegm-Heat:
+ 10g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui + 10g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
+ 10g Sm. Sterculae Pang Da Hai + 10g Sm. Sterculae Pang Da Hai
+ 6g Hb. Menthae Bo He + 6g Hb. Menthae Bo He
For a resolution of the Exterior with remaining Heat with hoarseness: + 18g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
+ 9g Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru
- Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie
- Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng For a sore throat (tonsillitis) associated with AIDS/HIV:
+ 10g Periostracum Cicadae Chan Tui
- Hb Schizonepetae Jing Jie
+ 10g Sm. Sterculae Pang Da Hai - Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng
+ 6g Hb. Menthae Bo He - Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
   
    + Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu