GLEDITSIA FORMULA TO DISPEL THE POISON
Tuo Li Xiao Du Yin
‘Internal Expulsion Toxin-Dispersing Beverage’
Source: True Lineage of External Medicine (Wai Ke Zheng Zong, 1617)
Keywords
otitis media, carbuncle, and furuncle
Ingredients
Angelica sinensis (Dang Gui, Chinese angelica)
Poria cocos (Fu Ling, hoelen)
Salvia miltiorrhiza (Dan
Shen, salvia)
Atractylodes macrocephala (Bai Zhu, atractylodes)
Ligusticum walichii (Chuan Xiong, ligusticum)
Paeonia alba (Bai Shao, white peony)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jie Geng, platycodon)
Gleditsia sinensis (Zao Jiao Ci, gleditsia spine)
Astragalus membranaceous (Huang Qi, astragalus)
Angelica dahurica
(Bai Zhi, angelica)
Forsythia suspensa (Lian Qiao, forsythia)
Glycyrrhiza uralensis (Gan Cao, liquorice)
Major therapeutic action
Clears Heat, eliminates bacteria, tonifies qi and Blood (promotes energy), promotes recovery from colds
and flu.
Strengthens the metabolism, increases vital energy and strengthens the immunity.
* Suppurative skin eruptions, sores and rashes caused by deficiency (condition is aggravated when patient
is tired and run down).
* With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat middle ear infection, carbuncle, furuncle, suppurative lymphadenitis and other suppurative diseases. These may be slow to heal.
Key symptoms for use
* initial stage of fever with suppuration
* red, painful, hot swelling without discharge of pus
* weak constitution in children
Not suitable for prolonged use. The herbs in this formula are bitter and cold and can damage the digestion.
None noted
* Infant (6 months or older): 1-2 grams, 2 times daily.
* Child: 1 gram, 2 times daily.
* Adult: The typical dose is three grams twice daily, before meals. In severe cases or the early stages of treatment (the first two weeks), a 50-100% increase in dose may be used, then reduced as the treatment takes effect.