Bai Tou Weng (Pulsatilla Decoction)
- Clear Heat From the Organs
- Bai Tou Weng
- Huang Lian
- Huang Bai
- Qin Pi
- Bai Tou Weng clears heat, relieves toxicity, cools the blood, and stops dysentery.
- Huang Lian clears heat, relieves toxicity, dries dampness, and strengthens intestines.
- Huang Bai drains LJ damp heat.
- Both Huang Lian and Huang Bai help Bai Tou Weng to clear heat and detox, especially to dry dampness and stop dysentery.
- Qin Pi astringes intestines to stop dysentery.
Function: Clears heat, relieves toxicity, cools the blood, and stops dysentery
Indications: Dysentery due to toxic heat
Symptoms: Abdominal pain, tenesmus, burning sensation around the anus, diarrhea containing more blood than pus, thirst.
Tongue: Red tongue with yellow coating
Pulse: Wiry, Rapid
Clinical Applications:
- This formula is used for dysentery due to toxic heat sinking into blood level.
- The key symptoms are dysentery containing more blood than pus, abdominal pain, tenesmus, red tongue with yellow coating, wiry and rapid pulse.
- Currently used for bacillary dysentery, amoebic dysentery due to vigorous toxic heat.
Cautions and Contraindications: Cases with Spleen Yang Deficiency.