Pediatric Jaundiced Hepatitis
Pediatric Jaundiced Hepatitis
(I)
【Syndrome Differentiation】Damp-heat steaming, bile leaking outward.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and resolving stagnation, strengthening spleen and harmonizing liver.
【Formula Name】He Gan San.
【Composition】Trichosanthes kirilowii whole fruit 60 g, Curcuma aromatica 15 g, Curcuma longa 15 g, Shenqu 15 g, Glycyrrhiza uralensis (raw) 15 g.
【Usage】Grind into fine powder, 2 g per dose for children aged 3 years (adjust according to age), taken 3–4 times daily, dissolved in sugared water.
【Source】Fang by Ma Yindu.
(II)
【Syndrome Differentiation】Damp-heat and toxic pathogen intensely affecting liver and gallbladder.
【Therapeutic Method】Clearing heat and promoting diuresis, regulating liver and dispersing stasis to resolve jaundice.
【Formula Name】Yin Chen Chi Hu Tang.
【Composition】Artemisia capillaris 20 g, Paeonia suffruticosa 20 g, Crataegus pinnatifida 10 g, Isatis indigotica 10 g, Lithospermum erythrorhizon 10 g, Prunella vulgaris 10 g, Lysimachia christinae 12 g, Polygonum cuspidatum 12 g, Sedum sarmentosum 12 g, Imperata cylindrica (or corn silk) 15 g.
【Usage】Decoct in water, take orally three times daily, one dose per day.
【Source】Fang by Wang Xizhou.