Clear Heat/Resolve Toxicity; Treat External Abscess & Sores; Treat Internal Abscess Formulas

Question 1

_______ toxins will present as nodules, sores, abscess that are red, raised and painful to touch, perhaps with leakage of fluid (yellow or dark) and can manifest in all 3 burners with nausea, nosebleeds, red tongue, rapid pulse, etc.

Answer 1

Yang/Heat toxins

Question 2

_______ toxins will appear darker, flat on the skin, no or clear discharge and will not be painful - but can also be Damp

Answer 2

Yin/Cold

Question 3

What are the ingredients for Huang Lian Jie Du Tang? When is this formula used? What are some indications?

Answer 3

• Huang Lian Jie Du Tang - Drains Fire & Resolve Toxicity

1. Huang Lian - relieve toxicity
2. Huang Qin - releive toxicity
3. Huang Bai - relieve toxicity
4. Zhi Zi - goes to all 3 burners via SJ

• Used for severe obstruction of all 3 burners by Fire toxin pervading interior & exterior
• High fever, irritability*, dry mouth/throat, incoherent speech, insomnia, *dark urine, red tongue w. yellow coat & Rapid/Forceful pulse

Question 4

What are the ingredients for Xie Xin Tang (Drain the Heart Decoction)? When is this formula used? What are some indications?

Answer 4

• Xie Xin Tang - Drains fire, resolves toxicity & dries dampness

1. ​Da Huang - Invig xue; move pathogen trapped in system down & out; stop bldng
2. Huang Lian ==> Dui Yao
3. Huang Qin ==> Dui Yao

• All Xie Xin’s have Dui Yao & deal with Pi/Glomus or focal distention; mistreatment by purging as well, Px. will have constipation*, perhaps some jaundice, *dysentery/diarrhea, maybe vomiting as well
• ulcerations of tongue and mouth may be present

Question 5

What are the ingredients for Fu Zi Xie Xin Tang? When is this formula used? What are some indications?

Answer 5

Fu Zi Xie Xin Tang - ShaoYang D/O

1. Fu Zi
2. Da Huang
3. Huang Lian
4. Huang Qin

• Cold & Yang Xu S&S giving rise to Damp Heat (Cold & Heat complex)
• focal distention due to D/H, vomiting, diarrhea w. sweating, aversion to cold, cold extremities, submerged thin pulse & other S&S of Yang Xu (D/H nightsweats).

Question 6

Which formula would you use for Acute Massive Febrile head D/O? This formula is used for epidemic toxins that come on strongly & quickly & can spread easily.

Answer 6

Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin (Universal Benefit Drink to Eliminate Toxin) - clears heat, eliminates fore toxin & disperses W/H - Exterior & Interior Heat

Indications: Strong fever & chills, redness, swelling, & burning pain of the head & face, inability to open the eyes, dysfunction of the throat, dryness & thirst, a red tongue w. a powderywhite or yellow coating, & a floating, rapid, & forceful pulse.

Question 7

What formula would you use for indications of Heat & irritability in chest & ABD, delirious speech in severe cases, thirst, flushed face & red lips, mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, swollen tongue, red eyes, nosebleed, constipation, dark scanty urine, red tongue body or edges with a dry, yellow or white coat & a rapid/slippery tongue?

Answer 7

Liang Ge Sen - Drains Fire & unblocks the bowels by clearing Upper burner & draining the middle burner

Question 8

What formula would you use for a combined Qi & Blood level D/O with indictions of Intense fever, strong thirst, dry heaves, severe stabbing H/A, extreme irritability & in severe cases delirious speech, rashes and nosebleed?

What two formulas are combined in it?

Answer 8

• Qing Wen Bai Du Yin - clears hear, resolves toxicity, cools blood & drains fire - Qi & blood level heat D/O.
• Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (blood level)* & Bai Hu Tang *(Qi level) - both for Qi & Blood level D/O’s.

Question 9

Which formula would you use for External Yang/Heat type sores, all types of carbuncles/boils with localized erythmia, swelling, heat & pain accompanied by fever, chills, red tongue w. yellow coating & rapid pulse?

Answer 9

Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin - clears heat, resolves toxicity, cools the blood & reduces swelling (4 classic inflammation signs will be present)

Question 10

What formula treats 1.) Yin types sores & 2.) Crane’s Knee Wind? What are some indications?

Answer 10

• Yang He Tang - Warms Yang, tonifies the blood, disperses cools & unblocks areas of stagnation.
• Localized, painful swellings without a head that blend into the surrounding tissue and do not affect the texture or color of the skin, & are not hot to the touch. There is no thirst, the tongue is very pale, & the pulse is submerged, thin & forceless. Can also manifest in joints like knee’s.

Question 11

What formula clears heat from the LU’s, transforms phlegm, drives out blood stasis & discharges pus and would be used for LU abscess with foul-smelling sputum in cough? Some indications include cough, foul-smelling sputum, sl. fever, mild chest pain, dry scaly skin, a red tongue w greasy yellow coat & slippery rapid pulse.

Answer 11

Wei Jing Tang - LU heat from constraint

Question 12

What formula drains heat, breaks up blood stasis, disperses clumping & reduces swelling and used for Intestinal Abscess? What are some indications?

Answer 12

• Da Huang Mu Dan Tang - Intestinal heat from constraint
• Lower ABD distention & pain - usually on Right side (appendicitis) that usually increases on pressure w. rebound tenderness, guarding of ABD musculature, a thin yellow & greasy tongue coat & a slippery rapid pulse.

Question 13

Shan Han Lun form of Diagnosis consists of ______ _______

Answer 13

Six Channels

Tai Yang - Ma Huang Tang & Gui Zhi Tang

Yang Ming - Bai Hu Tang

Tai Yang & Shao Yin - Ma Huang Xi Xin Fu Zi Tang

Question 14

T/F The Wen Bing form of diagnosis has two types.

Answer 14

True, four levels and 3 burners

1. Wei level formula: Sang Ju Yin = UPPER burner
2. Qi level formula: Bai Hu Tang = MIDDLE burner
3. Ying level formula: Qing Ying Tang = LOWER burner
4. _Xue l_evel formula: Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang = LOWER burner

Qi & Xue level combined: Qing Wen Bai Du Yin