Fang Feng Tong Sheng San – expels Wind, releases exterior, drains Heat, unblocks bowels

Fang Feng Tong Sheng San – fang feng powder that sagely unblocks

Fang Feng (radix ledebouriellae divaricatae)…15g

Ma Huang (herba ephedrae)…15g

Jiu Da Huang (wine treated radix et rhizome rhei)…15g

Mang Xiao (mirabilitium)…15g

Jing Jie (herba seu flos schizonepatae tenuifoliae)…15g

Bo He (herba menthae haplocalycis)…15g

Zhi Zi (Fructus gardeniae jasminoidis)…15g

Hua Shi (talcum)…90g

Shi Gao (gypsum)…30g

Lian Qiao (fructus forsythiae suspensae)…15g

Huang Qin (radix scutellariae)…30g

Jie Geng (radix platycodi grandiflori)…30g

Chuan Xiong (radix ligustici chuanxiong)…15g

Dang Gui (radix angelicae sinensis)…15g

Bai Shao (radix paeoniae lactiflorae)…15g

Bai Zhu (rhizome atractylodis macrocephalae)…15g

Gan Cao (radix glycyrrhizae uralensis)…60g

Indications: Heat in both the interior and exterior from Wind/Heat invasion with internal Heat already present, or from Wind/Heat that invades both interior and exterior at the same time.  Strong fever and chills, headache, dizziness, red sore eyes, trouble swallowing, nasal congestion with thick sticky yellow phlegm. Lung and Stomach Heat causes dry mouth with bitter taste, distention of the chest and abdomen, constipation, dark scanty urination, T- greasy yellow coat, P- full rapid, or wiry slippery.

This is a variation of Liang Ge San. Fang Feng Tong Shen San is used for excess in the interior and exterior, which may also be interpreted as simultaneous Taiyang and Yangming.  This formula is recommended for all Wind/Heat that is showing signs of internal Heat so as to not let the pathogen penetrate deeper.  It is also used for skin disorders, mania, intestinal Wind, obesity, and influenza.

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Reference:

Benskey & Gamble 1993, Chinese Herbal Medicine Formulas and Strategies, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press Inc.

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