HERB FORMULAS

DAN DAO PAI SHI FANG #1- 胆道排石汤 - GALLSTONE EXPELLING FORMULA #1

English: Gallstone Expelling Formula #1
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke 15g Promotes the movement of Qi, reduces distention and pressure, resolves hardenings and removes stagnated food.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 15g Promotes the movement of Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, dispels Damp-Heat, harmonizes the Liver and Spleen and alleviates pain.
Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi 15g Dredges Liver Qi, releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below.
Hb. Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao 50g Clears Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat and expels gallstones.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 10g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Resolves Dampness
  • Promotes the movement of Qi
  • Benefits the Gallbladder
  • Removes stones
  • Stops pain

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Qi Stagnation
  • Disharmony between the Liver and Spleen

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Jaundice
  • Anorexia
  • Abdominal distention and discomfort
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Epigastric mass
  • Maybe abdominal pain on palpation
  • Yang jaundice (sclera and skin are bright yellow)
  • Dislike of oily foods
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Lassitude
  • Scanty, dark urine
  • Maybe thirst or thirst with no desire to drink
  • Diarrhea with foul smell or
  • Constipation
  • Fever
  • Sweet sticky taste or bitter taste in mouth
  • T: Pink
  • C: Thick, yellow and greasy (maybe sticky)
  • P: Soft and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For fullness and distention in the chest or intercostal pain: For jaundice:
+ Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae Yin Chen Hao
+ Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao + Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
+ Rx. Paeoniae alba Bai Shao + Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
For strong Heat: For vomiting:
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua + Flos Inulae Xuan Fu Hua
+ Hb. Violae Zi Hua Di Ding + Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru
For a deep red tongue with thirst:
+ Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen For a poor appetite:
+ Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu + Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
   
    + Dry-fried Fr. Hordei Germinatus Chao Mai Ya
   
    + Massa Medicata Fermentata Shen Qu
   
    + Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
    + Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha