BLACK PEARL BP049 HUANG LIAN JIE DU WAN COPTIS & SCUTE

HUANG LIAN JIE DU WAN
黃連解毒丸
Coptis & Scute Formula
Product Code: BP049

TCM Actions
Drains Fire and Damp-Heat, resolves Heat Toxin

Indications
Acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, pelvic infections, cellulitis, urinary tract infection, purulent skin lesions, abscess.

Dosage & Course Of Treatment
8 pills, 3 times daily, half to one hour away from food.

Course of treatment: 10 – 14 days

Not suitable for long term use.

Signs and Syndromes
Excess Heat, Damp-Heat or Heat Toxin

Fever

Dry mouth and throat

General malaise

Irritability and restlessness

Vexation

Insomnia

Purulent skin lesions

Suppurative infections

Red tongue with a yellow coat

Rapid and/or forceful pulse

Cautions & Contraindications
Caution for those on anti-coagulant medications (i.e. heparin, warfarin or aspirin).

Caution during pregnancy and breast-feeding.

Caution for patients with poor digestion.

Comments
This formula was first recorded in ‘Medical Secrets of an Official’ (wai tai mi yao), by Wang Tao, 752 CE, a work in 40 volumes that covers every branch of medicine and contains over 6,000 formulas. It was originally used for severe conditions in which a virulent pathogen – Heat Toxin or Fire Toxin – pervades the Triple Jiao and thus affects all the bodily systems. This would generally equate with an acute medical emergency, such as septicemia or pyemia. For this reason the original formula had quite a large dose of Coptis (huang lian) – about one third more than that of each of the other ingredients. However, in modern formulations the dosage of this ingredient is reduced so that it is about one third less than that of the other main ingredients. This is in keeping with the broader clinical applications for which it is now more commonly used. The three ‘yellow’ herbs in this formula (Coptis, Scutellaria and Phellodendron) contain a variety of potent alkaloids (including berberine) as well as flavonoids and flavone glycosides, which provide broad spectrum antimicrobial action as well as anti-inflamatory and antipyretic effects. It is therefore suitable for treating a variety of acute infections that may or may not be accompanied by systemic signs and symptoms. The synergistic actions of the ingredients are as follows:

• Coptis root (huang lian): clears Damp-Heat, purges Fire from the Heart and from the middle Jiao.

• Scutellaria root (huang qin): clears Damp-Heat and purges Fire from the middle Jiao

• Phellodendron stem bark (huang bai): clears Damp-Heat and purges Fire from the lower Jiao

• Gardenia fruit (zhi zi): drains Heat or Fire from the whole of the Triple Jiao, clears Damp-Heat and promotes diuresis, clears Heat Toxin.

Ingredients
COPTIS CHINENSIS, ROOT (huang lian) – 黃連 – 75mg
SCUTELLARIA BAICALENSIS, ROOT (huang qin) – 黃芩 – 112.5mg
PHELLODENDRON AMURENSE, STEM BARK (huang bai) – 黃柏 – 75mg
GARDENIA JASMINOIDES, FRUIT (zhi zi) – 梔子 – 112.5mg