Dāng Guī Liù Huáng Tāng

Question 1

Actions

Answer 1

Enriches the yin, drains fire, stabilizes the exterior, and stops sweating

Question 2

Indications

Answer 2

Fever, night sweats, red face, dry mouth and parched lips, irritability, dry stools, dark and scanty urine
Tongue: red, dry
Pulse: rapid

Question 3

Herbs

Answer 3

dāng guī
shēng dì huáng
shú dì huáng
huáng lián
huáng qín
huáng băi
huáng qí

Question 4

Chiefs

Answer 4

dāng guī: nourishes the blood, increases the fluids –> lubricate Intestines, moisten dry stools
shēng dì huáng, shú dì huáng: enrich and nourish yin fluids, blood, essence
shēng dì huáng: sweet, bitter, cooling; treat heat from deficiency
Together = nourish water –> enable it to control fire

Question 5

Deputies

Answer 5

huáng lián: drains fire from the Heart
huáng qín
huáng băi
Together = relieves irritability, drains fire to remove cause of damage to the yin. When fire is drained, internal agitation will subside; when yin is fortified, external draining of sweat will cease.

Question 6

Assistant

Answer 6

huáng qí: augment the qi and stabilize the exterior. Prevents excessive sweating from causing further injury to yin and yang. Protects Stomach qi from actions of other herbs.
+dāng guī, shú dì huáng: powerful combo for nourishing qi and blood –> interstices and pores tighten –> more difficult for sweat to improperly escape

Question 7

Cautions and Contraindications

Answer 7

Caution and in modified form in Spleen and Stomach deficiency.

Question 8

Diagnostic Pattern

Answer 8

Night sweats due to raging fire from an insufficiency of Kidney yin (water), which renders it incapable of properly controlling the Heart yang (fire).