HERB FORMULAS

XUAN QING DAO ZHUO TANG - 宣清导浊汤 - DIFFUSE, CLEAR AND GUIDE OUT TURBIDITY DECOCTION

English: Diffuse, Clear and Guide out Turbidity Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Poria Fu Ling 9-18g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness Strengthens the Spleen.
With Zhu Ling, promotes urination.
Polyporus Zhu Ling 5-18g Promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
Faeces Bombycis Can Sha 4.5-18g Harmonizes the Stomach and transforms turbid Dampness.
Fr. Gleditsiae Zao Jiao 1-5g Dispels Phlegm and blocks the bowels.
Glauberitum Han Shui Shi 9-30g Clears Heat, drains Fire from the Yang Ming, promotes urination,d reduces edema, directs Fire downward and softens hardness.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Promotes urination
  • Strengthens the Spleen
  • Drains Fire
  • Unblocks the bowels

SYNDROMES

  • Spleen-Damp Edema

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Abdominal fullness
  • Drum-like distention
  • Firm local distention in the epigastrium
  • Pitting edema
  • Ascites
  • Scanty urination
  • Anorexia
  • Decreased food intake
  • Acid regurgitation
  • A feeling of fullness, oppression and distention in the chest
  • Constipation
  • Edema in limbs, especially lower limbs
  • Maybe anasarca
  • Physical and mental fatigue
  • T: Pale
  • C: White and moist
  • P: Soft and even or Wiry, soft and even

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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