124 - The Four Great (Bai Hu Tang)

Category: Acute infestation, hidden pathogen, respiration, immunity, lung system

Using a recipe according to traditional Chinese medicine:

-clears heat and takes away fire

-protects and generates fluids

-replenishes Qi and fluids

- quenchesthirst

Description:

Prescription for acute viruses with high fever, heavy sweating, great thirst and strong pulse.

This is a picture of Yang Ming Ying Zheng, where wind heat attacks the Yangming pathways of the Stomach and Colon. This area is characterized by strong Qi, reacting to the invasion of harmfulness with high fever with sweating, thirst and strong pulse. Sometimes there is also delirium.

There may be other problems during the pathway - headache, sore throat, teeth, bleeding gums.

The classic White Tiger formula has been modified by the addition of yarrow (Gou Teng) as a prevention of febrile convulsions in children.

Indications:

-high fever (40+)

-heavy sweating

-severe thirst

-strong and rapid pulse

Modern Uses:

-meningitis

-encephalitis

-measles, scarlet fever

-typhoid fever

-influenza

-diabetes

-gingivitis

-stomatitis

-periodontitis

Language:

-red

-plaque dry, yellow or missing

Pulse:

-full and fast

Contraindications:

-Significantly debilitated patient. Heat from Yin causes.

Recommendation:

-Administered for short term (1-2 days).

Recipe Ingredients:

Adaptation

Czech

Chinese

Latin

Shi Gao

Gypsum

Gypsum fibrosum

Sheng

Zhi Mu

anamarena, rhizome

Rhiz. anemarrhenae

Zhi

Gan Cao

licorice, root

Rad. glycyrrhizae

Gou Teng

yarrow, twigs

Ram. uncariae