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Pueraria,Scutellaria and Coptis Decoction ge gen huang qin huang lian tang

【SOURCE】:Treatise on Cold-Attack

【INGREDIENTS】:

Pueraria root 15g， Roasted licorice root 6g， Coptis root 9g， Scutellaria root 9g

【DIRECTIONS】：Decoct the above herbs in water for oral administration.

【EFFECTS】:Relieving the exterior and clearing away heat.

【INDICATIONS】: Non-relief of the exogenous exterior syndrome with heat evil entering the interior manifested by fever with foul diarrhea, burning sensation in the anus, irritable feverish sensation of chest and epigastrium, dry mouth and thirst, asthma with sweating, yellow coating, rapid pulse.

【ANALYSIS OF FORMULA】:This is a representative formula for fever with di­arrhea. Being bitter flavor and cool nature,Pueraria root acts as the main herb to relieve the exterior and lift the lucid yang of the spleen and stomach for relieving diarrhea so as to treat both the exterior and the interior. As the assistant herbs, Scutellaria root and coptis root can clear away heat and dry dampness to relieve di­arrhea. Licorice root is the dispatcher herb to harmonize the middle for relieving spasm as well as to harmonizing all the components. Thus the formula is used for relieving both the exterior and interior.

In clinic, this formula can be used in acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, ame­bic dysentery with the abovemention symptoms.