HERB FORMULAS

HUANG BAI JIANG CAO TANG - 黄柏酱草汤 - PHELLODENDRON AND PATRINIA DECOCTION

English: Phellodendron and Patrinia Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Vaccariae Wang Bu Liu Xing 15g Promotes the movement of Blood, invigo-rates the channels, reduces swelling and drains abscesses.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 15g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao, drains Kidney Fire and relieves Fire toxicity.
With Mu Xiang, for acute diarrhea and abdominal pain.
Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao 15g Clears Heat, resolves toxicity, expels pus, reduces abscesses, dispels Blood Stasis and stops pain.
With Chi Shao, for unsuppurated Intestinal abscess with an immobile abdominal mass.
Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying 15g Reduces abscesses, dissipates nodules, clears the Liver, clears Heat, resolves Dampness and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
With Bai Jiang Cao, disperses Stagnation due to Heat Toxin with abdominal pain and distention, abdominal masses, and jaundice.
Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo 12g Invigorates the Blood, circulates Qi, stops pain and induces and prolongs sleep.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis,reduces swelling from sores and abscesses and relieves pain.
Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi 9g Clears Heat, cools and harmonizes the Blood, clears Deficiency Fire, invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, drains pus and reduces swelling.
With Chi Shao, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis, for Blood Stasis disorders.
Squama Manitis Chuan Shan Jia 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, reduces swelling and promotes the discharge of pus.
With Wang Bu Liu Xing, for mobile and fixed abdominal masses and accumulations.
Spina Gleditsiae Zao Jiao Zi 9g Draws out toxicity, discharges pus, invigorates the Blood and reduces swelling.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 6g Promotes the movement of Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, strengthens the Spleen, prevents Stagnation, dispels Damp-Heat, harmonizes the Liver and Spleen and alleviates pain.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3g Tonifies the Spleen and augments Qi and moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.
With Pu Gong Ying, for abscesses or other toxic swellings.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Dampness
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Transforms Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Recurrent bouts of urinary pain, frequency and urgency
  • Pain in the genitals radiating to the groin, lower abdomen and perineum
  • Possible constipation or dry stools or, rarely, uneasy defecation of loose stools with a burning sensation in the anus
  • Effort to defecate causing a milky white, turbid discharge from the urethra
  • Possible Dryness, bitterness or sliminess in the mouth\
  • Scanty yellow or turbid urine
  • Restlessness
  • Possible itchy and.or Damp scrotum
  • Possible fever
  • Possible aversion to Cold
  • Possible body aches when severe
  • Headache
  • T: Red
  • C: Slimy, thick and yellow
  • P: Slippery, wiry and rapid or Soggy and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For Spleen Qi Deficiency: For more pronounced Qi Stagnation:
+ 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi + 15g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
+ 9g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu + 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
For marked Damp-Heat with scanty, burning urgent, frequent painful urination or dysuria:
+ 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 9g Poria Fu Ling + 12g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For bacterial prostatitis:
+ 12g Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie
+ 15g Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ 9g Rx. et Rz. Polygoni Cuspidati Hu Zhang + 12g Hb. Dianthi Qu Mai
For turbid or milky white urine:
For constipation:
+ 12g Poria Fu Ling
+ 6-9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang + 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
For dry mouth:
+12g Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen + 12g Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
For a Damp, itchy scrotum:
For nausea and Stomach and abdominal distention:
+ 9g Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen + 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
+ 9g Fr. Kochiae Di Fu Zi + 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
For severe distention and pain in the perineum:
+ 15g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He
For fever:
+ 15g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He + 9g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ 30g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
+ 9g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
For hematuria:
For insomnia and restlessness:
+ 9g Herba Sive Radix Cirsii Japonici Da Ji
+ 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 9g Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji
+ 12g Scl. Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen + 20g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ 20g Rx. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ 12g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi