Zhi Zi Bai Pi Tang (Gardenia and Phellodendron Decoction)

Gardenia and Phellodendron Decoction

Shang Han Lun, c. 220 CE

• Zhi Zi (drain heat/resolve damp-heat) – chief; Huang Bai (clear damp-heat)
• Zhi Gan Cao

• Clears heat and resolves damp-heat jaundice

Heat-predominant damp-heat jaundice: bright yellow skin and eyes, fever, irritability, a dry mouth, and dark urine, without marked abdominal fullness or constipation.

Tongue: red with a yellow coat. Pulse: rapid.

With constipation and fullness, use Yin Chen Hao Tang; with damp predominant, Yin Chen Wu Ling San.

For heat-predominant jaundice; not for cold-damp (yin) jaundice.