Da huang xiao shi tang
shu da huang 12 mang xiao 12 huang bai 12 zhi zi 15
In jaundice with abdominal fullness, inhibited urination that is red and spontaneous sweating, this is peace of the surface but excess of the interior, which should be purged, and da huang xiao shi tang is appropriate.
It treats heat and damp in yang ming that is affecting the jue yin level. It causes heat which is seen as spontaneous sweating and the urine is red showing the drying of fluids. Blood and fluids share the same source.
The classic formula contained Xiao shi, or niter which is potassium nitrate, DO NOT use. Use mang xiao.
Shu da huang, Rhei rhizoma steamed which emphasizes the blood moving abilities while warming the temperature. It is bitter draining of excess heat and dry stool in the stomach domain.
Mang xiao, Natrii sulfas is salty softening of hardness in the stomach domain. Mang xiao is bitter draining of stool and heat in the stomach domain.
Mang xiao is salty and enters the waterways while softening hardness and accumulation by purging fullness and heat.
Huang bai, Phellodendri cortex is bitter draining and cooling of heat and dampness in the kidneys, bladder, small and large intestine. It cools heat in the ministerial fire of the san jiao.
It clears damp and heat with more effect on dampness than heat. Clears especially in the lower burner and clears damp heat affecting jue yin.
Zhi shi, Aurantii fructus immaturus is bitter draining and descending of the stomach domain. It is bitter draining of the liver, gall bladder and san jiao.
Zhi zi clears excessive ministerial fire stagnating in the pathways of the san jiao.