HERB FORMULAS

BU DAI WAN - 布袋丸 - CLOTH SACK PILL

English: Cloth Sack Pill
Also Known As: The Pills in a Bag

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Faeces Vespertilionis Ye Ming Sha 6-60g Disperses Blood Stasis, disperses bruises and reduces accumulations.
With Wu Yin, Lu Hui and Shi Jun Zi, for childhood nutritional impairment from roundworms.
Fr. Ulmi Macrocarpae Wu Yi 6-60g Kills parasites.
Fr. Quisqualis Shi Jun Zi 10-60g Kills parasites, strengthens the Spleen, dissolves accumulations and improves digestion.
With Wu Yi, Bai Zhu and Gan Cao, for childhood nutritional impairment due to parasites.
With Lu Hui, strongly expels parasites, drains Heat and reduces accumulation in the Intestines due to constipation associated with overabundant Heat.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for childhood nutritional impairment with Spleen Qi Deficiency and weakness.
Poria Fu Ling 6-15g Strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, promotes urination and leaches out Dampness.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for a weak, deficient Spleen with fatigue, anorexia and loose stools.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 6-15g Tonifies the Spleen, augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Fu Ling and Gan Cao, for Spleen and Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 6-15g Tonifies Spleen and Stomach Qi.
With Bai Zhu, tonifies the transformation and transportation functions of the Spleen.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3-15g Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Aloe Lu Hui 6-15g Purges and drains Fire, guides out accumulations, kills parasites and strengthens the Stomach.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for infantile malnutrition with intestinal parasites and Spleen Deficiency.
(Mel) (Feng Mi)   (Nourishes the Spleen and Stomach and relieves pain.)

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Expels roundworms
  • Reduces childhood nutritional impairment
  • Tonifies the Spleen and Stomach

SYNDROMES

  • Childhood nutritional impairment due to parasites
  • Parasites with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • A sallow complexion
  • Emaciated limbs
  • A large, distended abdomen
  • Feverishness
  • Poor vision
  • Dry, coarse hair
  • Dull eyes
  • T: Pale
  • P: Frail

TREATS

  • Fasciolopsis
  • Childhood nutritional impairment
  • Malnutrition

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Grind into a fine powder, put the pills in a bag and decoct with pork.Take in the morning on an empty Stomach in 3g doses.

MODIFICATIONS

For severe Internal Heat: For concomitant Food Stagnation:
+ Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian + Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
or
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian + Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin