六一散

Name

Six to One Powder

The Prescription of 六一散

Source

The book Shang Han Zhi Ge

Ingredients

• Hua Shi (Talcum) 180 g,
• Gan Cao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) 30 g.

Explanation

Hua Shi: The principal drug, being sweet and tasteless in flavor and cold in nature, having the particular action of clearing away heat and inducing diuresis.

Gan Cao: Being sweet in flavor and cold in nature, dispelling heat, regulating the stomach, combining Hua Shi to promote the production of body fluid and inducing diuresis to make body fluid not be damaged.

The Effect of 六一散

Effect

Removing summer-heat and inducing diuresis.

Indications

Syndrome due to affection of summer-heat and dampness, marked by fever, intense thirst, dysuria, or diarrhea; including such diseases with the above symptoms as mild sun-stroke, cystitis and stone of the urinary tract.

Administrations

Ground into powder and 9-18 g of the powder is taken each time, or wrapped in cloth and decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.