泻心汤
The Prescription of 泻心汤
Source
The book Jin Gui Yao Lue
Ingredients
- Da Huang 10 g,
- Huang Lian 5 g,
- Huang Qin 5 g.
Explanation
Huang Qin: Purging the heat of upper-jiao.
Huang Lian: Purging the heat of middle-jiao.
Da Huang: Purging the heat of lower-jiao.
The Effect of 泻心汤
Effect
Purge fire and remove toxicity, dry dampness and purge heat.
Indications
Nose bleeding, constipation, jaundice due to damp-heat, hematemesis, swelling and pain of eyes, choking sensation in chest, yellow and greasy coating on the tongue, sores and boils, aphtha, heat accumulation in three jiao, forceful and rapid pulse.
Administrations
Decoct in water for oral dose to be taken twice.