Huang+Lian+Jie+Du+Tang+(Coptis+Decoction+to+Relieve+Toxicity)

Huang Lian Jie Du Tang (Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity)
 * Category:** Clear Heat [Fire Toxin in 3 Burners]
 * Preparation:** Decoct with water. [very bitter, drink quickly and follow w/ candy]
 * Function:** Drains fire and relieves toxicity
 * Indications:** High fever, irritability, dry mouth and throat, incoherent speech, insomnia, dark urine, red tongue w/ yellow coat, rapid forceful pulse. Also for nosebleed and vomiting of blood due to heat excess; carbuncles, deep-rooted boils, and other toxic swellings; and dysenteric disorders or jaundice due to damp-heat
 * Clinical Applications:** Septicemia, toxic baccilary dysentery, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, encephalitis B, purulent sjkin lesions, pyemia, acute gastroenteritis, acute hepatitis, insomnia, hypertension, stroke sequela, alcohol addiction
 * Contraindications:** damages the stomach and spleen

**Ingredients:**
Huang Lian (9g.) Huang Qin (6g.) Huang Bai (6g.) Zhi Zi (6-12g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Huang Lian: very cold and bitter -Drains the fire in Heart and middle Jiao

//Deputy:// Huang Qin: clears heat in upper Jiao

//Assistant:// Huang Bai: clears heat in the lower Jiao Zhi Zi: cleasr heat in all three Jiao

**Modifications:**
Constipation: + Da Huang Jaundice due to obstruction from heat: + Yin Chen, Da Huang Dysenteric disorders with blood and mucus in the stool and tenesmus: + Mu Xiang, Bing Lang, Qin Pi Damp-heat in the lower Jiao with urinary frquency, urgency, and discomfort: + Mu Tong, Ze Xie, Che Qian Zi Nose bleed, vomiting of blood, or erythema and purpura: + Sheng Di Huang, Mu Dan Pi, Xuan Shen; if spontaneous + Ce Bai Ye, Bai Mao Gen Purulent lesions such as deep-rooted boils: combine with Wu Wei Xiao Du Yin