Folio Bound VIEWS - Chinese Medicine

Prescription

Xie Bai San and Qing Dai San
(Draining Whiteness Powder and Indigo Powder)

Di Gu Pi Cortex Lycii chinensis radicis 9 g

Sang Bai Pi Cortex Mori albae radicis 9 g

Zhi Gan Cao Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 3 g

Geng Mi Semen Oryzae sativae 6 g

Qing Dai Indigo naturalis 9 g

Hai Ge Ke Concha Cyclinae sinensis 12 g

Explanation

• The formula Xie Bai San clears Lung-Heat. Di Gu Pi also stops bleeding.


• The formula Qing Dai San clears Liver-Fire and Lung Phlegm-Heat. Qing Dai also stops
  bleeding.

Variations

• To harmonize Blood (stop bleeding, eliminate stasis, calm and nourish Blood) add Bai Ji
  Rhizoma Bletillae striatae, Ou Jie Nodus Nelumbinis nuciferae rhizomatis, San Qi Radix
  Notoginseng, Sheng Di Huang Radix Rehmanniae glutinosae and Dang Gui Radix
  Angelicae sinensis.


• To astringe add Wu Wei Zi Fructus Schisandrae chinensis.


• To treat Qi add Mu Li Concha Ostreae to firm Qi and Niu Xi Radix Achyranthis
  bidentatae seu Cyathulae to conduct Blood downwards.


• If symptoms of Liver-Fire are pronounced add Mu Dan Pi Cortex Moutan radicis, Zhi Zi
  Fructus Gardeniae jasminoidis and Huang Qin Radix Scutellariae baicalensis.

Lung-Yin Deficiency with Empty-Heat

Clinical Manifestations

Cough with scanty blood-tinged sputum, dry throat, afternoon fever or feeling of heat, night
sweating, 5-palm heat.