Jaundice Huang Dan

Question 1

Bright yellow discoloration of the eyes and skin, fever, thirst, oppression in the chest, nausea, vomiting, distention and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen, dark yellow scanty urine, constipation.
Tongue: yellow slimy coating
Pulse: rapid, wiry

Answer 1

Heat-Predominant Yang Jaundice
Yin Chen Hao Tang
(Capillaries Decoction)
Ren9, GB34, LIV3, UB18, UB19, Ren14

Question 2

Yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes (although less bright than that of heat-predominant yang jaundice), unsurfaced fever, feeling of body heaviness, fullness and discomfort of the chest and epigastrium, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, thirst with little liquid intake, abdominal distention, loose stools with difficult elimination, dark scanty urine.
Tongue: slightly yellow thick slimy coating
Pulse: wiry and slippery or soft and tardy

Answer 2

Dampness-Predominant Yang Jaundice
Yin Chen Wu Ling San
(Capillaris and poria Five Powder)
Ren9, UB18, UB19, GB34, SP9, LIV3

Question 3

Jaundice of sudden onset and rapid development, high fever, vexing thirst, costal pain, abdominal fullness, loss of consciousness, delirium, epistaxis, hemafecia or (in some cases) Dermal stasis macules.
Tongue: dark red with dry yellow coating
Pulse: wiry, rapid, slippery or thready

Answer 3

Acute Yang Jaundice
Xi Jian San
(Rhinoceros Horn Powder)
Ren9, UB18, UB19, Ren14, GB34, LIV3

Question 4

Dull yellow discoloration of the eyes and skin, feeling of heaviness and fatigue, oppression of the epigastrium, reduced food intake, abdominal distention, loose stools, lassitude, physical cold, no apparent thirst.
Tongue: pale with white slimy coating
Pulse: soft, tardy or slow, deep

Answer 4

Yin Jaundice
Yin Chen Zhu fu tang
(Capillaris Atractylodes and aconite Decoction)
UB20, ST36, UB19, SP9, SP6, Ren12