Basic Tai Yang Disease Patterns (Part XXXXXXIX) [1]

Upper Heat and Lower Cold Patterns

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“When in cold damage, there is heat in the chest, evil qi in the stomach, pain in the abdomen, and a desire to vomit, Huang Lian [3] Tang governs.

Huang Lian Tang

Huang Lian  3 Liang
Gan Cao [4] 3 Liang
Gan Jiang [5] 3 Liang
Gui Zhi [6] 3 Liang (remove bark)
Ren Shen [7] 2 Liang
Ban Xia [8] Half sheng (washed)
Da Zao [9] 12 pcs (broken)”

Key Words: Basic Tai Yang Disease Patterns, Upper Heat and Lower Cold Patterns