Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
Pin Ying Name: Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
English Name: Dong Gui & Six Yellow Decoction
Chinese Name: 當歸六黃湯
Herbs & Actions
| Pharmaceutical Latin | Pin Yin | Actions |
|---|---|---|
| Rx. Angelicae Sinensis | Dang Gui |
Tonifies the Blood, regulates menses and invigorates and harmonizes the Blood. |
| Rx. Rehmanniae | Sheng Di Huang |
Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes the Yin and generates fluids With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood. |
| Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata | Shu Di Huang |
Tonifies the Blood and Yin. |
| Rz. Coptidis | Huang Lian |
Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire and relieves toxicity. |
| Rx. Scutellariae | Huang Qin |
Clears Lung Heat, dries Dampness drains Fire, detoxifies and calms ascending Liver Yang. With Huang Lian, for high fever and irritability in warm-febrile disease. |
| Cx. Phellodendri | Huang Bai |
Drains Damp-Heat, drains Kidney Fire and relieves toxicity. |
| Rx. Astragali | Huang Qi |
Strengthens the Spleen, tonifies Qi, generates Body Fluids, raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, nourishes Blood, promotes urination, reduces edema and expels toxins. With Dang Gui, for Qi and Blood Deficiency. With Huang Bai and Sheng Di Huang, for Yin Deficiency with night sweats. |
Formula Actions
- Nourishes Yin
- Clears Heat
- Stabilizes the Exterior
- Stops sweating
Syndromes
- Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency Fire with Blood Deficiency
Clinical Manifestations
- Fever
- Night sweats
- Red face
- Dry mouth
- Leukorrhagia with yellow, thick, foul discharge
- Constipation
- Dark, scanty urine
- Irritation
- Fidgeting
- Insomnia
- Five Sole Heat
- Irregular menstruation
- A thin physique
- Nocturnal emissions
- Parched lips
- Irritability
- Dry stools
- T: Dark red and dry
- C: Dry and yellow or None
- P: Flooding and rapid or Thin and rapid
Treats
- Lung consumption
- Steaming bone disorder
- Post febrile disease
- Chronic epistaxis
- Hyperthyroidism
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Chronic hepatitis
- Silicosis
- Myocarditis
- Insomnia
- Abnormal perspiration
- COPD
- Allergic purpura
- Herpes zoster
- Night sweats
- Indigestion
- Metrorrhagia
- Chronic bronchitis
- Cholecystitis
- Nephritis
- Urinary tract infection
- Neurasthenia
- Osteomyelitis
- Leukemia
- Cervicitis
- Hectic fever
- Thrombocytopenic purpura
- Menopause
- Constipation
- Herpes simplex
- Hypertension
- Nocturnal emissions
- Strangury
Contraindications
- Modify and use with caution for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency.