HERB FORMULAS

KAI JIN SAN - 开金散 - POWDER FOR TREATING ANORECTIC DYSTENTERY

English: Powder for Treating Anorectic Dysentery
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Benincasae Dong Gua Zi 15g Clears Heat, expels Phlegm, expels pus and moistens the Lungs.
Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen 12g Tonifies the Middle Jiao and augments Qi.
With Fu Ling, for Spleen and Stomach Deficiency with fatigue, a sensation of fullness in the abdomen, dizziness, lethargy, shortness of breath, anorexia and loose stools or diarrhea.
Hb. Sinocrassulae Indicae Shi Lian Zi 9g Clears Heat.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 9g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, clears Heat and soothes irritability.
Poria Fu Ling 9g Strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.
Fr. Oryzae Gu Ya 9g Reduces Food Stagnation, promotes digestion, strengthens, opens the Stomach, harmonizes the Center, strengthens the Spleen and encourages appetite.
Calyx Nelumbinis He Di 9g Clears Summerheat, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, calms restless fetus and treats diarrhea and dysentery with Blood and mucus.
Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu 9g Transforms turbid Dampness, harmonizes the Middle Jiao, awakens the Spleen and promotes the movement of Qi.
Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi 9g Regulates Qi, adjusts the Middle, relieves the diaphragm, dries Dampness, transforms Phlegm and descends Qi.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 4.5g Clears Heat, drains Dampness, drains Fire, resolves toxicity and drains Stomach Fire.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clear residual Heat
  • Harmonize the Stomach
  • Stop vomiting
  • Descend Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Anorectic dysentery Excess syndrome

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Short history of dysentery
  • Inability to take in any food or fluid without nausea and vomiting
  • A small or decreasing amount of diarrhea with mucus
  • There may or may not be small amounts of Blood in the stool
  • Severe anorexia
  • Refusal to eat
  • A red complexion
  • Thirst
  • Dryness
  • Fullness in the chest
  • A foul taste in the mouth
  • Restlessness
  • T: Normal
  • C: Greasy and yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe nausea: For prolonged vomiting which damages the Stomach Yin:
+ 12g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia
- Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi
   
+ 2 or 3 of the following:
    9g Rx. Panacis Quinquifolii Xi Yang Shen
   
    9g Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
    9g Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
    15g Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen