Da+Chi+San+(Guide+out+the+Red+Powder)

Da Chi San (Guide out the Red Powder)
T: red P: rapid
 * Category:** Clears Heat & Cool Blood [Heart heat, heat in lower Jiao/Bladder]
 * Preparation:** Decoct in water.
 * Function:** Clears heat and promotes urination
 * Indications:** Irritability with a sensation of heat in the chest, thirst with a desire to drink cold beverages, red face, possibly sores around the mouth. Dark, scanty rough and painful urination, or even clearly visible blood in the urine.
 * Clinical Applications:** Stomatitis, nightmares, urethritis, cystitis, glomerulonephritis, oral thrush, night terrors, pyelonephritis, urinary tract stones
 * Contraindications:** Spleen Yang def.

**Ingredients:**
Sheng Di Huang (15-30g.) Mu Tong (3-6g.) - may replace with Tong Cao to avoid toxicity Dan Zhu Ye (3-6g.) Gan Cao (3-6g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief://
 * Mu Tong/Tong Cao:** Clears heat and promotes urination

//Deputy:// - Nourishes Kidney and generates fluid
 * Sheng Di Huang:** enters heart and cools blood

//Assistant://
 * Dan Zhu Ye:** Clears heat from heart

//Envoy://
 * Gan Cao:** stops urinary pain, relieves toxicity and harmonizes

**Modifications:**
Yin deficiency: + Shi Hu, Zhi Mu Blood in the urine: + Mo Han Lian, Bai Mao Gen Ulcerated sores in the mouth: w/ Wu Ling San Sleeping problems in children (night terrors): + Suan Zao Ren, He Huan Pi