Fire-Inducing Powder (Daochi san)
[SOURCE]: Key to Pediatric Therapeutics • 112 •
[INGREDIENTS]:
Rehmannia root 9g , Akebia stem 9g, Licorice root 9g , Bamboo leaf 9g
[DIRECTIONS]:Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.
[EFFECTS]:Cleaning heart for cooling blood, excreeting water to treat stranguria.
[INDICATIONS]: Exuberant heat of the Heart Meridian manifested by irritable feverish sensation of chest, thirst with desire for cool drinking, flushed face, oral ulceration; or transferring of the heart-heat to the small intestine marked by scanty dark urine or difficulty and pain in micturition.
[ANALYSIS OF FORMULA]: This is a formula for clearing away the heart-fire and facilitating diurisis. Rehamnnia root acts as the main herb to clear the heart for cooling blood as well as nourishing the kidney-essence. As the assistant herb, bamboo leaf can clear the heart for relieving vexation and induce heat out through urine. Akebia stem is the adjuvant herb to clear away the heart-heat and to facilitate diuresis. As the dispatcher herb, licorice root clears heat-poison and relieves painful urination as well as harmonizing all the components.