Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin

(Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxins)

Sub-Category:

• Formulas that Clear Heat from the Qi Level

Cautions, Contraindications, Herb Drug Interactions:

• This section is being researched, and is not completed.

Preparation Notes:

• Decoction.

Originally Appeared In:

• Precious Mirror of Health (Wei Sheng Bao Jian)

Combined Channels of all herbs in this formula:

• Lungs, Large Intestine, Stomach, Gall Bladder, Heart, Liver, Kidneys, Spleen, Pericardium

Substances in this Formula (14 Total):

	Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap Root) 黄芩 Qty: 15 grams (Wine Fried) Chan: GB, LI, LU, ST Prop: Bitter, Cold Latin: Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis Cat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
	Huang Lian (Coptis Rhizome) 黄连 Qty: 15 grams Chan: HT, LI, LIV, ST Prop: Bitter, Cold Latin: Rhizoma Coptidis Cat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
	Niu Bang Zi (Great Burdock Fruit) 牛旁子 Qty: 3 grams Chan: LU, ST Prop: Spicy, Bitter, Cold Latin: Fructus Arctii Lappae Cat: Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
	Lian Qiao (Forsythia Fruit) 连翘 Qty: 3 grams Chan: HT, LIV, GB Prop: Bitter, Slightly Spicy, Cool Latin: Fructus Forsythiae Suspensae Cat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
	Bo He (Field Mint, Mentha) 薄荷 Qty: 3 grams Chan: LU, LIV Prop: Spicy, Aromatic, Cool Latin: Herba Menthae Haplocalycis Cat: Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
	Jiang Can (Body of Sick Silkworm) 僵蚕 Qty: 1.5 grams Chan: LIV, LU Prop: Spicy, Salty, Neutral Latin: Bombyx Batryticatus Cat: Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors
	Xuan Shen (Ningpo Figwort Root) 玄参 Qty: 6 grams Chan: KI, LU, ST Prop: Salty, Sweet, Bitter, Cold Latin: Radix Scrophulariae Ningpoensis Cat: Herbs that Cool the Blood
	Ma Bo (Fruiting Body of Puffball or Lasiosphaera) 马勃 Qty: 3 grams Chan: LU Prop: Spicy, Neutral Latin: Fructificatio Lasiosphaerae seu Calvatiae Cat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
	Ban Lan Gen (Woad Root or Isatis Root) 板蓝根 Qty: 3 grams Chan: HT, LU, ST Prop: Bitter, Cold Latin: Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi Cat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
	Jie Geng (Root of the Balloon Flower) 桔梗 Qty: 6 grams Chan: LU (ST) Prop: Bitter, Spicy, Neutral Latin: Platycodi Radix Cat: Warm Herbs that Transform Phlegm-Cold
	Gan Cao (Licorice Root) 甘草 Qty: 6 grams Chan: All 12 (Primarily the LU, HT, SP, ST) Prop: Sweet, Neutral Latin: Radix Glycyrrhizae Cat: Herbs that Tonify Qi
	Chen Pi (Orange Peel, Citrus Peel, Tangerine Peel) 陈皮 Qty: 6 grams Chan: LU, SP, ST Prop: Spicy, Bitter, Warm, Aromatic Latin: Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Cat: Herbs that Regulate the Qi
	Chai Hu (Thorowax Root , Bupleurum) 柴胡 Qty: 6 grams Chan: GB, LIV, PER, TB Prop: Bitter, Spicy, Cool Latin: Radix Bupleuri Cat: Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior
	Sheng Ma (Black Cohosh Rhizome, Bugbane Rhizome) 升麻 Qty: 1.5 grams Chan: LI, LU, SP, ST Prop: Sweet, Spicy, Cool Latin: Rhizoma Cimicifugae Cat: Cool, Spicy Herbs that Release the Exterior

References

Formulas

• 15. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas and Strategies (First Edition) - Dan Bensky
• 18. Handbook of Chinese Herbal Formulas (First Edition) - Him Che. Yeung
• 16. The Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula Study Guide (First Edition) - Qiao Yi

Herbs

• 13. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (Revised Edition) - Dan Bensky
• 25. Lancet 2000 January 8;355(9198):134-138 (Article) - Fugh-Berman A.
• 17. Handbook of Chinese Herbs (Second Edition) - Him Che. Yeung
• 12. Chinese Medical Herbology and Pharmacology (First Edition) - John K. Chen, Tina T. Chen
• 26. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals (Third Edition) - Max Wichtl

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