This Is How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions Part 58

Hey, I'm back to analyse the next formula which is

• Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan

Although each formula has its own specific purpose and I'll discriminate between them in the next blog after this analysis.

Just to refresh your memory, our theme for these 3 formulae is the removal of heat and wetness which fits into our original topic; accumulated heat would combine with the wetness and turn into what TCM termed as Fire*** which will cause intermittent fever working within the perimeter.

The primary application of Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan is to Remove:

• Wetness 
• Turbidity
• Heat

And the pathological situation lies in the Qi level, where

• Fever
• Fatigue
• Chest tightness 
• Abdominal distension (bloated)
• Sore throat
• Pain
• Yellow body and eyes 
• Swelling and thirsty
• Short red urine
• Diarrhea

are observed and caused by the "Fire" in the TCM perspective.

As you may have noticed that Yin Chen Hao and Huang Qin were discussed in the previous earlier blog and so please refer to them for a quick revision. In addition, Huang Qin is now selected as the monarch herb and no longer acting as minister's herb vividly showing its important primary basic properties(blog 49). So, without further delay, I'll analyse the Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan with the threshold established so far. 

Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan comprises of these herbs:

3 Monarch's Herbs:

• Hua Shi
• Yin Chen Hao
• Huang Qin

4 Minister's Herbs:

• Shi Chang Pu
• Bo He
• Bai Dou Kou
• Huo Xiang

4 Division 4th Officer's herbs:

• Bei Mu
• Mu Tong 
• She Gan  
• Lian Qian

This is How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 58.

Monarch's herb

• Hua Shi

Association to the Specific Meridian Channel

Hua Shi is better known as Talc rock and  the chemical name is Magnesium Silicate, 3MgO•4SiO2•H2O.  It is associated with:  

• Stomach
• Bladder -  Meridian Channel respectively 

Specific Taste

The specific taste of Hua Shi is:

•  Moderate sweet

Specific Property

The specific property of Hua Shi is:

• Cold

 

As a rule of thumb, it is very appropriate to apply:

• (Gan Han Tong Ling Li Shui Qing Jie Shu Re) 

whenever Hua Shi is used.

Contemporary Application 

Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan is commonly used clinically to treat: 

• Typhoid fever
• Acute Gastroenteritis
• Icteric phase infectious Hepatitis
• Leptospirosis
• Cholecystitis

I'll leave you now to digest this blog with time and be back soonest with the next new herb's analysis in Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan.

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Best of all,

Xiong Sian

***Reference:

(Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)

This Is How To Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions Part 57

Hey,  I'm back to commence on the analysis of the  Yin Chen Hao Tang and reiterate that Zhi Zi would not be analysed in this blog.  Please refer to my blog: part 47 published in February 2023 as a quick revision for Zhi Zi.

Although I'm not repeating the analysis of Zhi Zi, it is necessary to list out one important (must memorise) point to be mentioned here regarding the application and selection of Zhi Zi as the minister's herb is:

• Unblock the passage of San Jiao; guiding heat and wetness downward via urination

Without delay, the Division 4th Officer's herb is:

Da Huang

This is how to Analyse The Therapeutic Functions Of The Various Decoctions part 58.  The reasons for selection of Da Huang as the Division 4th Officer's herb are:

• 1) Da Huang is a natural powerful laxative 
• 2) It is to assist the monarch's herb to purge the heat and wetness out of the body via defecation

Let's start with the threshold established so far:

Association to a Specific Meridian Channel

Da Huang is better known as Rheum palmatum and belongs to the family Polygonaceae and only the root and rhizome are used.

Da Huang is associated with the: 

• Spleen 
• Stomach 
• Liver 
• Heart
• Large Intestine - meridian channels respectively

Specific Taste

Da Huang possesses a bitter taste.  

Specific Properties

Next, I'll touch on the specific property of 

• Da Huang

which is cold.

As a rule of thumb,

Apply (Ku Han Qing Re Xie Huo Jie Du Hou Xue Qu Yu) whenever Da Huang is used.

I'll leave you now so that there is more time to digest this blog and be back soonest with the next formula.

Best of all,

Sian Xiong 

***Reference:

(Emperor's Interior Sutra is available on sales better known as the esoteric scripture of the yellow emperor in Amazon, it's just a different way of naming the book cover)