TRICHOSANTHIS & SCUTE
Qing Fei Tang
‘Clear Heat from the Lungs Decoction’
Source: Clarifying Doubts about Injury from Internal and External Causes (Nei Wai Shang Bian Huo Lun, 1247)
Keywords
acute upper respiratory tract infection
Ingredients
Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin, Baical skullcap root)
Trichosanthes kirilowii (Tian Hua Fen, trichosanthes root)
Peucedanum praeruptorum (Qian Hu, pecedanum)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jie Geng, platycodon)
Rheum palmatum (Da Huang, rhubarb)
Gandenia jasminoides (Shan Zhi Zi, gardenia)
Morus alba
(Sang Bai Pi, mulberry bark)
Lycium chinensis (Di Gu Pi, lycium bark)
Major therapeutic action
Clears Heat and Phlegm Heat from the Lungs, redirects Lung qi downwards.
antibiotic, antitussive, expectorant, laxative.
Indications
* acute Heat or Phlegm Heat in the Lungs.
* With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as
acute bronchitis, pneumonia, bronchiectasis, and pneumonitis from measles, bronchiolitis, pertussis and
pleurisy.
Key symptoms for use
* acute cough with hard to expectorate sputum or with thick, sticky, yellow or green sputum
* fever
* dry mouth, thirst, or an unpleasant taste in the mouth
* fullness in the chest, chest pain
* yellow, greasy tongue coat
* rapid, slippery pulse
* For severe cases, the formula can be combined with either Huang Lian Jie Du Tang or Kang Du San.
The typical dose is three grams, 2-4 times daily, every three hours or so. In severe cases double the dose.
Not generally used for more than seven days.
Cautions and contraindications
This formula is likely to have a laxative effect in most patients.
Contraindicated during pregnancy. Not suitable for acute cough from Wind-Cold, Lung yin deficiency
or cough with thin watery sputum.