Trichosanthes Root, Snakegourd Root … Classic Formulas
Tian Hua Fen · Radix Trichosanthis
Primary Actions
- Clears heat and generates fluids ... Tian Hua Fen is a classic root medicine for thirst, dry mouth, irritability, and fluid depletion caused by heat.
- Clears Lung heat and moistens dryness ... it is used for dry cough, thick difficult sputum, and heat-dryness injuring the upper burner.
- Reduces swelling and expels pus ... traditional use includes abscess and deep toxic swelling patterns where heat and dryness combine.
Classic Formulas
- Tian Hua Fen San ... classic fluid-generating formula for wasting-thirst patterns with dryness and internal heat.
- Bei Mu Gua Lou San ... dry Lung cough formula where Tian Hua Fen moistens dryness and helps transform constrained phlegm.
- Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin and related abscess formulas ... the root is used when swelling, heat, and pus formation require cooling and dispersing.
Classical Text References
- Traditional herbology presents Tian Hua Fen as a cold sweet root that both clears heat and generates fluids, which explains its thirst and cough applications.
- Classical incompatibility tradition also places the Gua Lou and Tian Hua Fen group opposite Wu Tou-type aconite preparations.