Formulas · Clear Heat 淸熱 · Donguibogam · Japbyeong (Fire)

Coptis Resolve Toxicity Decoction

Hwangryeonhaedok-tang

한글 황련해독탕 · Pinyin Huang Lian Jie Du Tang

黃連解毒湯

Composition 構成

Hwangryeon Huang Lian
黃連 황련 · Coptis

5 g
Chief 君
Hwanggeum Huang Qin
黃芩 황금 · Scutellaria

5 g
Deputy 臣
Hwangbaek Huang Bai
黃柏 황백 · Phellodendron

5 g
Deputy 臣
Chija Zhi Zi
梔子 치자 · Gardenia

5 g
Assistant 佐

Total 20 g per packet (첩) · representative dosage — verify against source texts.

Actions 效能

Drains fire from all three burners
Relieves fire toxicity

Indications 主治

Pattern-based

Fire toxin blazing in all three Jiao
High fever with irritability and insomnia
Red eyes dry mouth and dark urine

Biomedical correlates

Acute inflammatory conditions with heat signs
Skin infections with redness
Hypertensive flushing with agitation

Clinical commentary 臨床

Four bitter herbs, one for each level — Hwangryeon for the upper, Hwanggeum for the middle-upper, Hwangbaek for the lower, Chija to thread all three. Pure draining with zero tonification; confirm the patient can afford it. — Eui Young (Justin) Chung, L.Ac., Dipl. O.M.