ge gen huang qin huang lian tang 葛根黃芩黃連湯

ge gen huang qin huang lian tang 葛根黃芩黃連湯
ge gen qin lian tang 葛根芩連湯
(ge gen huang qin huang lian tang)
By: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Name of Formula: ge gen qin lian tang (shang han lun)
Application: diarrhea, dysentery, hot and thirsty, arrhythmia, protects against lack of oxygen.
Composition:
ge gen 15 g﹐huang qin 9 g﹐huang lian 9 g﹐zhi gan cao  5 g。
Make into decoction and use as tea.
方名﹕ 葛根芩連湯 (葛根黃芩黃連湯) (傷寒論)
葛根 15 克﹐黃芩 9 克﹐黃蓮 9 克﹐炙甘草  5 克。
水煎服。
主解表清裏，清熱解毒。降低心跳速率﹐抗心率不整及抗缺氧。
主治﹕腹瀉﹐痢疾﹐身熱煩渴等症。

<Wind Heat - Heat>
Ge Gen Huang Qin Huang Lian Tang 葛根黃芩黃連湯
Kudzu, Coptis, and Scutellaria Decoction
Function: releases exterior, clears Heat
Composition:
Ge Gen Radix pueraria 15-24g
Huang Qin Radix scutellariae 9g
Huang Lian Rhizome coptidis 6g
Zhi Gan Cao Honey fried radix glycyrrhizae uralensis 6g
Indications: Wind heat with internal middle jiao heat and LI heat and damp causing dysentery.  It is a taiyang and yangming disease where the exterior has not been completely released and the interior shows excess Heat (with possible dampness).  This may be caused by treatment of an exterior invasion with purgatives which sends the pathogen deeper into the yangming causing fetid diarrhea with a burning anus.  There will be fever and sweating, thirst, T- red with yellow coat, P- rapid, because of the internal Heat, with irritability and a sensation of Heat in the chest. One may also see wheezing.  It is said that this condition is 7/10 interior and 3/10 exterior, hence the concentration on the interior Heat.
Huo xiang zheng qi san may be used in this case if the Heat is not as severe and there is a greater presence of Damp.   Bai tou weng tang may be combined with the ge gen qin lian tang if dysentery is more severe.
References: Shang Han Lun