Huang Qin Tang, Scutellaria Decoction, is Huang Qin, Bai Shao, Zhi Gan Cao and Da Zao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Damp-Heat, and records it as clearing Heat to stop dysentery and harmonising the Middle Jiao to stop pain.

Herb

Amount

9 g

6 g

6 g

12 g

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and stops dysentery and diarrhoea

Damp-Heat dysentery
Fever with a bitter taste in the mouth and headache
Diarrhoea or dysentery
Tongue red with a yellow coat; pulse rapid or flooding

Harmonizes the Middle Jiao and stops pain

Abdominal pain and cramping

Modern uses

Amoebic and bacillary dysentery
Acute colitis
Acute enteritis
Diarrhoea
Tenesmus
Indigestion
Abdominal pain
Abdominal spasms
Appendicitis
Pelvic inflammatory disease
Adnexitis
Bleeding from menoplania
Common cold
Fever
Spontaneous sweating

Modifications

Rebellious Stomach Qi: + zhi ban xia, + sheng jiang

Tenesmus with marked abdominal pain: + mu xiang, + bing lang

Blood and pus in the stool: + di yu, + shan zha

Diarrhoea and dysentery (combined with Shao Yao Tang)

Fever, abdominal pain, epigastric distension and tenesmus: + da huang

Dysentery with abdominal pain: + huang lian, + gan jiang

Exterior pathogens: + ge gen, + jing jie, + lian qiao, + jin yin hua

Thirst, dryness and irritability: + zhi shi, + chai hu

Nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain (combined with Huang Lian Tang)

Nausea and vomiting from rebellious Stomach Qi: + zhi ban xia

Diarrhoea: + ge gen, + fang feng, + bai zhu, + mai ya, + wu wei zi, + chen pi, + sheng jiang

Sweating: + gan cao, + dan dou chi, + xuan shen, − zhi gan cao

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Sweating with external Wind: + gan cao, + dan dou chi, + xuan shen, + ge gen, + bo he, − zhi gan cao

Pinyin

huang qin tang

English Name

Scutellaria Decoction

huang qin tang

About huang qin tang

Ingredients

Actions and indications

Clears Heat and stops dysentery and diarrhoea

Harmonizes the Middle Jiao and stops pain

Modern uses

Symptoms

Modifications

Cautions

Names

Classification