1. Heat Toxicity Blocking Lung
Main symptom: high fever, cough with yellow sputum, asthma and shorted breathing, or, palpitation and irritability, dark purple lips.
Tongue and tongue coating: red tongue, yellow-greasy or grey-greasy tongue coating, slippery-frequent pulse.
Treatment: clearing heat and reducing lung, relieving toxicity and dispersing stagnation
Basic prescription: toast Ma Huang [3] 3g, Xing Ren [4] 10g, raw Gan Cao [5] 10g, raw Shi Gao [6] (decoct before other herbs) 30g, Zhi Mu [7] 10g, Zhe Bei Mu 10g, Jie Geng [8] 15g, Huang Qin [9] 15g, Chai Hu [10] 15g
Modification: adding An Gong Niu Huang [11] pills if the patients have high fever, coma and delirium; adding Ling Yang Jiao [12], Jiang Can [13], Di Long [14] etc if there is twitch; adding Zhi Shi [15], Yuan Ming Fen if there is abdominal distension.
2. Intense Heat in both qi and Ying
Main symptom: high fever, thirsty, irritation, even coma and delirium, cough or hemoptysis, chest pressure, breath holding and shorted breath.
Tongue and pulse: red purple tongue with yellow coating, thready frequent pulse.
Treatment method: clearing qi cooling ying
Basic prescription: Shui Niu Jiao [16] 30g, raw Di Huang, Chi Shao [17] Yao 10g, Jin Yin Hua [18] 15g, Dan Shen [19] 12g, Mai Men Dong [20] 10g, Zhu Ye [21] 6g, Quan Gua Lou [22] 30g, raw Shi Gao (decoct before other herbs) 30g, Zhi Zi [23] 20g
Modification: adding raw Da Huang [24] if there is constipation, adding Ling Yang Jiao powder if there is high fever and twitch in four limbs.
Key words: HINI, Chinese Herb
Source: Qi Huang TCM website
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