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If Phlegm is combined with Heat with such manifestations as a feeling of heat, a bitter taste, a
Red tongue with sticky-yellow coating and a Rapid pulse, use:

HUANG LIAN WEN DAN TANG Coptis Warming the Gall-Bladder Decoction

with XIAO

XIAN XIONG TANG Small Sinking [Qi of the] Chest Decoction

HUANG LIAN Rhizoma Coptidis 6 g

FA BAN XIA Rhizoma Phinelliae ternatae 12 g

GUA LOU Fructus Trichosanthis 30 g

CHEN PI Pericarpium Citri reticulatae 6 g

FU LING Sclerotium Poriae cocos 6 g

ZHU RU Caulis Bambusae in Taeniis 6 g

ZHI SHI Fructus Citri aurantii immaturus 6 g

ZHI GAN CAO Radix Glycyrrhizae uralensis praeparata 3 g

SHENG JIANG Rhizoma Zingiberis officinalis recens 5 slices

DA ZAO Fructus Ziziphi jujubae one date

The above three prescriptions are compared in Table 13.3Table 13.3.

Patent Remedies

Gua Lou Pian

Trichosanthes Tablet

Gua Lou Ren Fructus Trichosanthis

Explanation

This remedy, composed of only one ingredient, is for chest pain from Phlegm.

The tongue presentation appropriate to this remedy is a Swollen tongue with a sticky-yellow
coating.

Su He Xiang Wan
(Styrax Pill)

Su He Xiang Styrax liquidis

Explanation