Week 7- Formulas that Clear Heat_from the Qi Level Flashcards
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Clears Qi-Level heat, drains ST fire, generates fluids, and alleviates thirst
Bai Hu Tang
S/Sx
High fever w profuse sweating and an aversion to heat, a red face, severe thirst, irritability
May have ha, toothache, or bleeding of the gums and nose
PULSE: flooding, forceful or slippery, rapid
Bai Hu Tang
Pattern
Blazing heat in the Yang Ming channel warp of the 6 warps of disease or the Qi level of the 4 levels of disease
Bai Hu Tang
Which channel contains an abundance of Qi and Blood?
Yang Ming Channel
Ingredients Shi Gao [Gypsum Fibrosum] Zhi Mu [Anemarrheanae Rhizoma] Zhi Gan Cao [Glycyrrhizae Radix preparata] Jing Mi [Nonglutinous rice]
Bai Hu Tang
In Bai Hu Tang, ax of Shi Gao
Chief- acrid, sweet, extremely cold
Clearing heat from the interior
Venting pathogenic heat to the exterior
Releasing heat constraint from the muscle layer and skin
Moistening/ enriching the yin to supper the generation of the body fluids
In Bai Hu Tang, ax of Zhi Mu
Deputy- bitter, cold, moistening
Assisting Shi Gao in Clearing heat from the LU & ST to alleviate irritability, moistens dryness, enriches the Yin
In Bai Hu Tang, ax of Zhi Gan Cao & Jing Mi
Assistant & Envoy
Benefit the ST and protect the fluids
Prevent extremely cold properties of the other ingredients from injuring the middle burner
C/I Bai Hu Tang
Floating, wiry and thin- pathogen in the exterior
Floating, thin or deficient pulse w fever sweating, aversion to wind- Yin fire due to SP/ ST deficiency
Submersed- pathogen in the yang organs, needs to be purged
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Clears Qi-Level heat from summer heat disorder, drains ST fire, generates fluids, and alleviates thirst, nourishes Qi
Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang
S/Sx
4 BIGS with forceless pulse, or with generalized weakness
slight aversion to cold in the back, unquenchable thirst
Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang
Pattern
Injury to the Qi and fluids resulting from a summer heat disorder or from sweating, vomiting or purgation or from exhaustion of qi in the course of Yang ming disorder
Or contemporarily for Diabetes mellius w ST FIRE
Bai Hu Tang
+ Ren Shen [Ginseng Radix]
or Xi Yang Shen [Panacis Quinquefolii Radix]
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Clears Qi-Level heat from summer heat disorder, drains ST fire, generates fluids, and alleviates thirst_Damp Warm Heat pathogen
Bai Hu Jia Cang Zhu Tang
S/Sx
Fever, epigastric distention, profuse sweating, a generalized sensation of heaviness, cold feet
TONGUE: Red greasy
PULSE
Bai Hu Jia Cang Zhu Tang
Pattern
Damp-Warm-Heat pathogen disease or Damp-painful obstruction that has transformed into heat
Wind-Damp-Heat painful obstruction w joint pain and generalized fever
*Damp predominant painful obstruction w swollen joints that are red and inflamed or hot to the touch
Bai Hu Jia Cang Zhu Tang