‘Dispelling Phlegm Pill’
Source: Appendix to Teachings of Zhu Dan-Xi (Dan Xi Xin Fa Fu Yu, 1536)

Keywords
schizophrenia, epilepsy and high fever

Ingredients
Rheum palmatum (Da Huang, rhubarb)
Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin, scute)
Aquilaria agallocha roxb (Chen Xiang, ligumaloes)
Lapis Micae Seu Chloriti (Meng Shi)

Major therapeutic action
Discharges Fire and dispels Phlegm.

Indications
o  Stubborn phlegm of excessive Heat type.
o  With the appropriate key symptoms, this formula can be used to treat biomedical conditions such as schizophrenia, epilepsy and high fever.

Key symptoms for use
o  mental disorder
o  palpitation with fear
o  loss of consciousness
o  cough and asthma with thick phlegm
o  stuffiness in the chest and epigastric region
o  vertigo with profuse phlegm
o  constipation
o  yellow, thick and greasy tongue fur
o  rapid, slippery and forceful pulse

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.