Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang 当归六黄汤
Dang Gui Six Yellow Decoction
TCM
Secrets from the Orchid Chamber, 1336
Grind all into a course powder; it may be prepared as a Decoction
Nourishes Yin, clears Heat (Deficient-Heat)
Used for Heat from deficiency, with Fever, Night Sweats, dry Mouth and lips, irritability, and dark-colored, scanty Urine. Tongue is dry and dry, pulse is rapid, or rapid and weak.
1. Chronic Fever or Febrile Disease
2. Chronic Bronchitis
3. Abnormal or Spontaneous or Night Sweating
4. Tuberculosis; Consumption
5. Silicosis
6. Hyperthyroidism
7. Psoriasis
8. Myocarditis
9. Thrombocytopenic Purpura
10. Nephritis
11. Chronic or Recurring Urinary Tract Infection
If decocted, the above can be used over the course of a day.
Traditionally, 15 grams of the powder is taken as a draft before meals. It can be taken as Pills
Caution in poor digestion
1. More severe Yin deficiency with Tidal Fever, add Anemarrhena Zhi Mu and Tortoise Plastron Gui Ban
2. Patients with Yin Deficiency but no strong Heat or Fire, remove Scutellaria Huang Qin, Coptis Huang Lian and Phellodendron Huang Bai, and add Scrophularia Xuan Shen and Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong.
3. More severe Toxic Heat with Constipation, add Rhubarb root. This is a good addition, especially if the formula is used in powder form.
Scutellaria Huang Qin, Coptis Huang Lian and Phellodendron Huang Bai form the ‘Three Yellows’ (Huang means yellow), a potent, broad-spectrum antibacterial combination.
1. Dang-Gui-Liu-Huang Tang a traditional herbal formula, ameliorates imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like skin inflammation in mice by inhibiting IL-22 production
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Dang Gui Six Yellow Decoction
Tradition:
TCM
Source / Author:
Secrets from the Orchid Chamber, 1336
Herb NameDang Gui (Chinese angelica)Sheng Di Huang (Rehmannia) Shu Di Huang (Rehmannia) Huang Qin (Baical Skullcap) Huang Lian (Coptis) Huang Bai (Amur cork-tree bark) Huang Qi (Astragalus) |
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Preparation:
Grind all into a course powder; it may be prepared as a Decoction
Function:
Nourishes Yin, clears Heat (Deficient-Heat)
Use:
Used for Heat from deficiency, with Fever, Night Sweats, dry Mouth and lips, irritability, and dark-colored, scanty Urine. Tongue is dry and dry, pulse is rapid, or rapid and weak.
1. Chronic Fever or Febrile Disease
2. Chronic Bronchitis
3. Abnormal or Spontaneous or Night Sweating
4. Tuberculosis; Consumption
5. Silicosis
6. Hyperthyroidism
7. Psoriasis
8. Myocarditis
9. Thrombocytopenic Purpura
10. Nephritis
11. Chronic or Recurring Urinary Tract Infection
Dose:
If decocted, the above can be used over the course of a day.
Traditionally, 15 grams of the powder is taken as a draft before meals. It can be taken as Pills
Cautions:
Caution in poor digestion
Modifications:
1. More severe Yin deficiency with Tidal Fever, add Anemarrhena Zhi Mu and Tortoise Plastron Gui Ban
2. Patients with Yin Deficiency but no strong Heat or Fire, remove Scutellaria Huang Qin, Coptis Huang Lian and Phellodendron Huang Bai, and add Scrophularia Xuan Shen and Ophiopogon Mai Men Dong.
3. More severe Toxic Heat with Constipation, add Rhubarb root. This is a good addition, especially if the formula is used in powder form.
Scutellaria Huang Qin, Coptis Huang Lian and Phellodendron Huang Bai form the ‘Three Yellows’ (Huang means yellow), a potent, broad-spectrum antibacterial combination.
1. Dang-Gui-Liu-Huang Tang a traditional herbal formula, ameliorates imiquimod-induced psoriasis-like skin inflammation in mice by inhibiting IL-22 production
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