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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
連朴飲
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【Phonetic】 |
Lian Po Yin
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【English Name】 |
Coptis and Officinal Magnolia Bark Beverage |
【Classification】 |
Dampclearing formulas |
【Source】 |
《Treatise on Sudden Turmoil》Huo Luan Lun《霍亂論》 |
【Combination】 |
Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex (Hou Po processed) 2 qian (6g), Coptidis Rhizoma (Huang Lian fried with ginger juice) 1 qian (3g), Acori Tatarinowii Rhizoma (Shi Chang Pu) 1 qian (3g), Pinelliae Rhizoma (Ban Xia processed) 1 qian (3g), Sojae Semen Praeparatum (Dan Dou Chi dry-fried) 3 qian (9g), Gardeniae Fructus (Zhi Zi dry-fried) 3 qian (9g), Phragmitis Rhizoma (Lu Gen) 2 liang (60g) |
【Method】 |
Prepare as a decoction. |
【Action】 |
Clears heat and dispels dampness, rectifies qi, and harmonizes the center. |
【Indication】 |
Lian Po Yin is indicated for damp-heat cholera. The symptoms are vomiting, diarrhea, chest and epigastric pi and oppression, vexation and agitation, and scanty dark urine. The tongue coating is yellow and greasy, and the pulse is slippery and rapid. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
Lian Po Yin is the main formula for damp-heat induced cholera marked by vomiting. It is caused by damp-heat stagnation that leads to a conflict between the clear and the turbid, with equal dampness and heat. Damp-heat stagnation in middle jiao causes disorder of ascension and descending of the spleen and stomach. When turbid qi fails to descend, there is vomiting. When clear fluids fail to ascend, there is diarrhea. Chest and epigastric pi and oppression are caused by the blockage of qi movement. Scanty dark urine is caused by damp-heat pouring downward. The yellow and greasy tongue coating and the slippery pulse are evidence of damp-heat accumulation. The therapeutic methods are to clear heat and dispel dampness, rectify the qi, and harmonize the center. |
【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Lian Po Yin is a common formula used to treat damp-heat cholera with equal amounts of dampness and heat. This clinical pattern is marked by vomiting and diarrhea, vexation and oppression, scanty and dark urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of equal dampness and heat: acute gastroenteritis, typhoid, and paratyphoid. |
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