shi gao

About shi gao

Names

Classification

Category

Drain Fire

Channels

Lung, Stomach

Flavour

Acrid, Sweet

Temperature

Cold

Tags

Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Combinations

• zhi mu

  High fever with great thirst and irritability, whether from Wind-Heat, Heat at the Qi Stage or Yang Ming Heat; epidemic disease

• dan zhu ye

  Fever lingering after a febrile disease, with irritability, insomnia and a thin, dry tongue coat; feverish cough in children; Heart and Stomach Heat with swollen gums and mouth ulcers

• xi jiao + shui niu jiao

  High fever, rash, nosebleed and unconsciousness from epidemic Damp-Heat toxin

• zhi mu + geng mi + gan cao

  Heat at the Qi level or in Yang Ming

• dan zhu ye + mai men dong

  Fever that persists into the late stage of a febrile disease, with thirst, dysphoria and a red, uncoated tongue

• shu di huang

  Severely depleted Yin giving rise to blazing Fire, with headache, toothache and thirst

• sheng di huang

  Fluids damaged by excess Fire

• ma huang

  Heat blocking the Lungs with cough, wheezing, fever and flaring nostrils; Wind-edema

• xuan shen + xi jiao

  Skin eruptions and ecchymoses from Heat in both the Qi and Blood Stages

• ma huang + xing ren + gan cao

  Cough and asthma from Lung Heat

• jin yin hua + yu xing cao + huang qin

  Lung Heat toxin

• xi xin

  Blazing Stomach Fire with swollen gums and toothache

• sheng di huang + zhi mu

  Stomach Fire.

• huai niu xi + sheng di huang + zhi mu

  Headache with painful, swollen gums from Stomach Fire

• zhi ban xia + zhu ru

  Stomach Heat causing nausea and vomiting

• huang bai

  Eczema and burns, using the calcined form (Duan Shi Gao)

• qing dai + huang bai

  Eczema, burns and abscesses.

• sheng jiang

  Decreases muscular swelling.

• ma huang + gui zhi

  Interior Heat with exterior Wind-Cold

• mu dan pi + sheng di huang + xuan shen

  Unremitting high fever and maculae from intense Heat at the Qi and Blood (Xue) Levels

• ren shen

  Qi Deficiency with excess Heat

• ren shen + mai men dong

  Qi and Yin Deficiency with excess Heat

• huang qin + huang lian + huang bai

  Toxic Heat with infection.

• huang lian + zhi zi + mu dan pi + chi shao + zhi mu

  Influenza, epidemic encephalitis B or epidemic poliomyelitis with high fever, headache, irritability, dry mouth and insomnia, and bleeding when severe

Dosage

Cautions

• contraindication Deficiency Cold of the Spleen and Stomach, or a weak stomach
• contraindication Heat from Yin deficiency, where its intense cold can injure the Stomach
• contraindication Headache and aching bones all over, with no thirst or wish to drink
• contraindication Dry, hard stools with chills and fever that alternate
• contraindication Summerheat with diarrhea from Damp in the Spleen and Stomach
• caution Yang deficiency, which its cold, draining nature can deplete further
• caution A weak pulse rather than a flooding one

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