bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and resolving dampness, regulating qi and harmonizing the middle.

bubble_chart Indications

Dampness-heat accumulation, cholera with vomiting and diarrhea, chest and gastric stuffiness, thirst and irritability, scanty dark urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating. Currently used for intestinal cold-damage disease, acute gastroenteritis with significant dampness-heat.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

Coptis Rhizome clearing heat and drying dampness, Magnolia Bark moving qi and resolving dampness, both are sovereign medicinals; charred Gardenia and Fermented Soybean clear stagnant heat and relieve restlessness, Reed Rhizome clearing heat and promoting fluid production, both are minister medicinals; Acorus aromatic herbs resolving dampness, processed Pinellia resolving dampness to harmonize the middle, both are assistant guiding medicinals. The combination of these herbs collectively achieves the effects of clearing heat and resolving dampness, regulating qi and harmonizing the middle.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Modern medicine believes that this formula has anti-pathogenic microbial, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, stomach-strengthening, wind-dispelling, gastrointestinal function-regulating, antiemetic, and sedative effects. It is mainly used for: acute gastroenteritis, intestinal cold-damage disease, secondary cold-damage disease, bacterial dysentery, presenting with vomiting and diarrhea, chest and gastric stuffiness, heart dysphoria, scanty and dark urine, and yellow greasy tongue coating.