huang qin hua shi tang

Name: huang qin hua shi tang
Creator: Bencao Index

Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction

About huang qin hua shi tang

Huang Qin Hua Shi Tang, Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction, is Huang Qin, Hua Shi, Fu Ling Pi, Da Fu Pi, Bai Dou Kou, Tong Cao and Zhu Ling. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Damp-Heat.

Ingredients

Herb	Amount
huang qin	9 g
hua shi	9 g
fu ling pi	9 g
da fu pi	6 g
bai dou kou	3 g
tong cao	3 g
zhu ling	9 g

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and resolves Dampness

Warm-Damp febrile disease in the Middle Jiao; Summerheat with Dampness
Damp-Heat with Dampness and Heat evenly matched; the Dampness comes from undigested food that stagnates and turns to Heat
Fever that seems to break with sweating and then comes back
Aching, heavy body
Little or no thirst, and scanty urine
Grimy-looking face
Tongue normal with a very moist, pale yellow coat; pulse soft and rapid

Modern uses

Rhinorrhoea
Chronic sinusitis
Typhoid fever
Sunstroke
Urinary tract infection
Diabetes

Symptoms

Absence of thirst
Body aches
Dark complexion
Fever
Heavy body
Scanty urination
Sweating

Modifications

Heat-type painful urination that is frequent, difficult and dribbling, with a slow pulse and a smooth yellow coat: + che qian zi, − tong cao
Marked Heat signs: + huang lian, + da huang, + shi gao
Sinusitis with a badly blocked nose: + bai zhi, + xin yi hua, + bo he
Badly blocked nose with very swollen lining: + huo xiang, + shi chang pu, + cang er zi
Nasal discharge that is green and foul, or yellow and copious: + yu xing cao, + zhi zi
Marked Spleen deficiency: + bai zhu, + dang shen
Herbs to alternate in: + pu gong ying, + bai jiang cao
Bloating, worse after meals: + hou po, + bai zhu
Cough with a lot of phlegm: + jie geng, + gua lou pi
Vertex headache: + gao ben
Frontal headache or pain over the eye sockets: + man jing zi, + bai zhi
Temporal headache: + chai hu

Show all 22 modifications

Occipital headache: + ge gen
Heavy body and limbs: + ze xie, + shi chang pu, + cang zhu
Severe Damp-Heat: + yin chen hao, + huang lian
Sinusitis with Blood stagnation: + mu dan pi, + chi shao
Diabetes: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling
Diabetes with deficiency Heat: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, + di gu pi, + zhi mu, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling
Diabetes where Damp-Heat has injured Stomach Yin: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, + mai men dong, + yu zhu, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling
Diabetes in Kidney Yin deficiency: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, + gou qi zi, + he shou wu, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling
Diabetes in Spleen deficiency: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, + shan yao, + bai zhu, + ren shen, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling
Diabetes in Spleen deficiency, alternative: + ze xie, + cang zhu, + huang bai, + ge gen, + tian hua fen, − bai dou kou, − zhu ling

Names

Pinyin	huang qin hua shi tang
English Name	Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction

Classification

Category: Clear Damp Heat