Bai+Hu+Tang+(White+Tiger+Decoction)

Bai Hu Tang (White Tiger Decoction)
 * Category:** Clear Interior Heat [Yangming channel level heat]
 * Preparation:** Decoct with water
 * Function:** Clears Qi-level heat, drains stomach fire, generates fluids, disperses heat, nourishes Yin, alleviates thirst
 * Indications:** 4 Bigs: High fever with profuse sweating and an aversion to heat, red face, severe thirst and irritability, flooding, forceful or slippery, rapid pulse. May include headache, toothache, or bleeding of the gums and nose
 * Clinical Applications:** Encephalitis, menigitis, lobar pneumonia, heat stroke, diabetes mellitus, periodontitis, measles, dermatitis, stomatitis, psychiatric diseases, seepage after burns, influenza, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, hyperthyroidism
 * Contraindications:** still w/ exterior syndromes, heat due to blood deficiency, pseudo-heat, no sweat, no thirst

**Ingredients:**
Shi Gao (30g.) [30-60, some use 100g, if 100g. add Ge Gen] Zhi Mu (9g.) Zhi Gan Cao (6g.) Geng Mi (9-15g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief:// Shi Gao: cold, pungent, sweet -Clears heat and drains fire

//Deputy:// Zhi Mu: clears heat, enriches Yin and moistens dryness

//Assistant:// Zhi Gan Cao: protects the stomach and fluids

//Envoy:// Geng Mi: protects the stomach and fluids

**Modifications:**
Wind-cold in the exterior: + Cong Bai, Dan Dou Chi, Xi Xin Red, swollen eyes and excruciating headache: + Huang Lian, Huang Qin Lung heat and stomach fire: + Da Huang Injury of fluids + Tian Hua Fen, Lu Gen, Mai Men Dong OR + Ren Shen [S.F. uses Xi Yang Shen] Heat Bi Syndrome: + Gui Zhi w/ dampness and heat: + Cang Zhu