Effect
Clear heat and remove toxicity, cool blood and resolve swelling.
Indications
Sore throat, aphtha, gum bleeding, mumps, sore and furuncle.
Ingredients
Explanation
Huang Lian: Dispelling pathogenic fire from the heart and the middle-Jiao.
Xuan Shen, Jie Geng and Gan Cao: Clearing away noxious heat in the throat, head and face.
Niu Bang Zi and lian Qiao: Dispersing wind-heat pathogens in the upper –Jiao.
Chi Shao: Clearing heat and cooling blood, activating blood and resolving stasis, clearing liver fire.
Mang Xiao: Softening hardness with purgative, clearing heat and relieving swelling.
Qing Dai: Clearing heat and removing toxicity, cooling blood, and clearing liver-fire.
Shui Niu Jiao: Clearing heat and cooling blood, purging fire and removing toxicity, extinguishing wind and relieving convulsions.
Di Huang: Clearing heat and cooling blood, stopping bleeding, nourishing yin.