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Drain the Epigastrium Decoction

Pin Yin: Xie Xin Tang

Category: Clear Heat and relieve Toxicity
Additional Categories: Purge Heat Accumulation

Actions:
   Clears and relieves Heat Toxins, and purges bowels;
  ---used for Heat Toxins in the Qi stage, in the Three Burners, and for either dysenteric disorders, constipation, or jaundice due to Damp Heat, where Heat predominates over Dampness, and where focal epigastric or abdominal distention is present.
   (See Heat Toxin; Qi Aspect Heat Congestion of Stomach and Intestines; Qi Aspect Damp Stagnation of Three Burners .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Rhei, Rz [da huang]

Coptidis, Rz [huang lian]

Scutellariae, Rx [huang qin]

Associated Modern Diseases: acute gastroenteritis, hepatitis, cholecyctitis, dysentery, conjunctivitis, stomatitis, vascular headache, trigeminal neuralgia, hematemesis associated with pulmonary tuberculosis.

Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity [Huang Lian Jie Du Tang]; Cool the Diaphragm Powder [Liang Ge San].

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