Tian Hua Fen
Trichosanthis Radix
bitter, sweet, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clear Heat and Drain Fire
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Thirst
- Irritability
- Dysglycemia
- Cough
- Carbuncles
- Sores
- Breast abscess
- Blood stagnation
Tian Hua Fen is bitter, slightly sweet, and cold. It enters the lung and stomach systems to treat heat patterns especially when fluids and yin have been depleted.
Channels: lung, stomach
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Hemorrhoids
- Antitumor
- Dysglycemia
- Thirst
- Jaundice
- Cough
- Irritability
- Skin disorders
- Trauma
Formulas:
- Bei Mu Gua Lou San
- Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang
- Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang
- Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang
- Kai Yu Zhong Yu Tang
- Sha Shen Mai Dong Tang
- Xia Ru Yong Quan San
- Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
- Zhen Ren Huo Ming Yin
Contraindications: prescribe Tian Hua Fen with caution to patients that present with poor digestive function, do not combine with Zhi Fu Zi, Chuan Wu, or Cao Wu
Zoo Image: a thirsty walrus gets into a river, two fish squirt water into her lungs and stomach, a toxic crab crawls out of the bloody rocks and pinches her boob that excretes pus