Coptis & Scute Formula by Far East Summit Chinese Classics, also known as Huang Lian Jie Du Tang, drains fire, resolves toxins, clears heat and transforms dampness.

TCM: Clear Heat

Potency: 5:1

Actions: Drains fire and resolves toxin, clears heat and transforms dampness.

Pattern: Severe obstruction of the Three Burners by Heat toxin which pervades both the Interior and Exterior.

Tongue: Red tongue, yellow coating

Pulse: Forceful-Slippery-Rapid-Overflowing pulse (Shu Hua You Li Hong); Forceful-Rapid-Overflowing pulse (You Li Shu Hong)

Contraindications: Heat in the Blood level ~ Weak patients ~ Empty-Heat Chinese Symptomology: Clears Heat and relieves toxicity ~ Drains Fire from the Triple Burner

Western Symptomology: Bacillary dysentery ~ Dark urine ~ Delirium ~ Dry mouth ~ Dry throat ~ Dysuria ~ Encephalitis ~ Epistaxis ~ Furuncle ~ Hematemesis ~ High fever ~ Insomnia ~ Irritability ~ Jaundice ~ Pneumonia ~ Scanty urine ~ Septicemia ~ Skin infection ~ Urinary tract infection

Ingredients: Scutellaria (huang qin)root, Gardenia fruit, Phellodendron bark, Coptis rhizome.