Xi+Jiao+Di+Huang+Tang+(Rhinoceros+Horn+and+Rehmannia+Decoction)

Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)
T: scarlet w/ prickles P: thin, rapid
 * Category:** Clears Heat & Cool Blood [heat in the blood level]
 * Preparation:** Decoct in water.
 * Function:** Clears heat, relieves fire toxin, cools the blood, nourishes the Yin, dispels blood stasis, and stops bleeding
 * Indications:** Fever, various types of bleeding (including hemoptysis, epistaxis, hemafecia, hematuria, and rashes), black and tarry stools, abdominal distention, and fulness, thirst with an inability to swallow. Some patient become delirious.
 * Clinical Applications:** Septicemia, encephalitis, meningitis, toxemia, uremia, hepatic coma, thrombocytopenic purpura, blood or pus in the anterior chamber of the eye, glaucoma, acute leukemia, severe hepatitis, disseminated intravascular coagulation.
 * Contraindications:** Bleeding d/t yang def. or Spleen Qi def.

**Ingredients:**
Xi Jiao (3g.) - Now replaced by Shui Niu Jiao (30-120g.) Sheng Di Huang (24g.) Chi Shao Yao (9g.) Mu Dan Pi (6g.)

**Analysis:**
//Chief://
 * Xi Jiao:** Clears heart fire, cools the blood, relieves fire toxin

//Deputy:// - Nourishes Yin and clears heat
 * Sheng Di Huang:** cools blood and stops bleeding

//Assistant:// -Moves blood and disperses blood stasis
 * Chi Shao Yao, Mu Dan Pi:** Clears heat and cools blood

**Modifications:**
Manic behavior: + Huang Qin, Da Huang Vomiting of blood: + Ce Bai Ye, Bai Mao Gen Blood in the stool: + Di Yu, Huai Mi Severe bleeding with Yang def. signs: + Rou Gui Blood in the urine: + Bai Mao Gen, Xiao Ji Severe injury to the Yin and blood: - Chi Shao; + Bai Shao