Formulas that clear heat
Liang ge san
Cool the Diaphragm Powder
- Chinese name
- 凉膈散
- Group
- Formulas that clear heat
- English name
- Forsythia and Rhubarb Combination
Fever-reducing; cools heat in the upper body and drains heat in the middle and lower body via the bowel.
Indications
For fever, thirst, a burning feeling in chest and diaphragm, constipation, dark urine, rash from stomach heat, irritability, a red face, mouth ulcers, toothache, sore throat and nosebleed. The book also mentions cholecystitis, gallstones and measles.
Ingredients
| Ingredients | Amount |
|---|---|
| Rhubarb root (da huang) | 6–9 g |
| Glauber's salt (mang xiao) | 6–9 g |
| Gardenia (zhi zi) | 3–6 g |
| Huang qin (Baikal skullcap) | 3–6 g |
| Lian qiao (forsythia) | 12–15 g |
| Mint (bo he) | 3–6 g |
| Licorice root (gan cao) | 3–6 g |
| Bamboo leaf (zhu ye) | 3 g |
| Honey (feng mi) |
- Tongue
- red with a yellow coating
- Pulse
- rapid and slippery
Variations
- For gallstones: add jin qian cao.
- For jaundice: add yin chen hao and turmeric tuber.
- For rash: omit Glauber's salt, add zi cao and safflower.
- For sore throat: omit Glauber's salt and rhubarb, add woad leaf and honeysuckle flower.
Note
Taken with honey in tea.