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 Gypsum Decoction


Pin Yin: Shi Gao Tang

Category:   Release Exterior-Interior Repletion
Additional Categories:   Clear Heat and relieve Toxicity

Actions:
   Clears Heat, relieves Toxicity, and releases lingering Exterior Heat;
  ---used for intense YangMing-stage Channel and Heat Toxins leading to Blood Heat (with nosebleeds and coughing up of blood), together with a lingering Exterior Heat with chills and no sweating.
   (See YangMing-stage Channel ; Heat Toxin; Blood Heat; Exterior Heat .)

Medicinals Dosages (Qian)
Gypsum [shi gao] 2
Ephedrae, Hb [ma huang] 3
Sojae Praeparatum, S [dan dou chi] 3
Coptidis, Rz [huang lian] 2
Scutellariae, Rx [huang qin] 2
Phellodendri, Cx [huang bai] 2
Gardeniae, Fr [zhi zi] 2-3

 


   Associated Modern Diseases: acute infections and abscesses, erysipelas, cholecystitis, pancreatitis, appendicitis, acute pelvic inflammatory disease.
   Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity [Huang Lian Jie Du Tang]; Ephedra, Apricot Kernel, Gypsum, and Licorice Decoction [Ma Xing Shi GanTang].

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