HERB FORMULAS

NiAO DU SAN HAO FANG - 尿毒三号方 - UREMIA FORMULA #3

English: Uremia Formula #3
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb Portulacae Ma Chi Xian 30g Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood, clears Damp-Heat, stops bleeding and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia 15g Nourishes Yin, anchors Yang and invigorates the Blood.
With Gui Ban, for calms the Liver, subdues Yang and extinguishes Wind to treat vertigo and tinnitus associated with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising and deficient Wind moving internally.
Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban 15g Nourishes Yin, anchors Yang, benefits the Kidneys and enriches Yin.
Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng 15g Extinguishes Wind, alleviates spasms, drains Liver Heat and pacifies Liver Yang.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Xuan Shen, for Kidney Yin Deficiency with Fire Blazing.
With Xuan Shen and Mai Men Dong, for constipation due to Excess Heat.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood and nourishes Yin.
Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu 9g Enriches Yin, clears Heat, generates fluids and reduces Heat from Deficiency.
With sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen, for low grade fever, thirst, blurred vision and muscular aches and pains from injured fluids due to Heat.
Ex. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 9g Drains Heat, purges accumulations, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Deficiency Fire.
With Mai Men Dong, Sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen, for Constipation with Heat consuming Body Fluids.
Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen 9g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit and soothes the nerves.
Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong 9g Nourishes Lung and Stomach Yin, generates Fluids, moistens the Intestines, clears the Heart and eliminates irritability.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Hematemesis or epistaxis due to Yin Deficiency with Excess Heat.
With Sheng Di Huang and Xuan Shen, for thirst, constipation, irritability and low-grade fever due to Stomach Yin Deficiency in the aftermath of warm febrile disease where to the fluids have been injured.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 9g Promotes urination, clears Damp-Heat and clears Liver Heat.
With Niu Xi, for Kidney Deficiency edema.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 9g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis, nourishes Liver and Kidney Yin and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
With Sheng Di Huang, powerfully clears Deficiency Fire Blazing Upward.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Subdues Yang
  • Extinguishes Wind
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Transforms Stasis

SYNDROMES

  • Liver Wind Stirring Internally caused by Damp-Heat and Internal Heat Damaging the Yin

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Urinary blockage
  • Trembling fingers
  • Headache
  • Red, swollen gums
  • Oral ulcers
  • Itching
  • Severe cases: syncope
  • Tremors
  • Agitation
  • Worry
  • Restlessness
  • T: Crimson and curled upward or Crimson and trembling
  • C: Scorched yellow
  • P: Thready, weak and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For dry, rough eyes: For severe headache and dizziness:
+ 12g Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua + 12g Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma
+ 12g Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
+ 12g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi For restlessness, insomnia and a quick temper:
For concomitant Blood Stasis: + 9g Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
+ 15g Hb. Lycopi Ze Lan + 9g Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+15g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao + 15g Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
For anorexia and abdominal fullness:
+ 6g Fr. Amomi Sha Ren For loose stools:
+ 12g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 12g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
+ 12g Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ 12g Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin