yue bi tang

Maidservant from Yue Decoction

About yue bi tang

Yue Bi Tang, Maidservant from Yue Decoction, is Ma Huang, Shi Gao, Sheng Jiang, Gan Cao and Da Zao. The catalogue classes it among the formulas that clear Heat from the organs, and records it as clearing Heat and draining water through urination.

Ingredients

HerbAmount
ma huang18 g
shi gao48 g
sheng jiang9 g
gan cao6 g
da zao15 g

Actions and indications

Induces sweating and releases the Exterior

  • Wind edema
  • Dislike of wind, with mild fever or none
  • Sweating that is light but constant, or absent
  • Tongue normal with a white coat; pulse floating, or floating and rapid

Disseminates Lung Qi

  • Cough and asthma

Promotes urination and drains water

  • Edema through the whole body that begins in the face
  • Scanty, difficult urination

Clears Heat

  • Thirst, or no thirst

Modern uses

  • Edema
  • Facial edema
  • Initial stage of dropsy
  • Nephritic edema
  • Primary nephritis
  • Acute nephritis
  • Dermatic nephritis
  • Nephrotic syndrome
  • Oliguria
  • Hydrocele
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Arthritis of the legs
  • Painful obstruction
  • Beriberi
  • Cough
  • Asthma
  • Sore throat
  • Keratitis
  • Carbuncles
  • Eczema
  • Fever
  • Spontaneous perspiration

Symptoms

Modifications

Show all 15 modifications

Names

Pinyinyue bi tang
English NameMaidservant from Yue Decoction

Classification

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