HERB FORMULAS

QIAN JIN NEI TUO SAN - 千金內托散 - POWDER TO SUPPORT THE INTERIOR WORTH A THOUSAND GOLD PIECES

English: Powder to Support the Interior Worth a Thousand Gold Pieces
Also Known As: Astragalus and Platycodon Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 2-6g Tonifies Qi and Blood, promotes the discharge of pus, generates flesh and expels toxins.
With Ren Shen, for Qi Deficiency.
With Dang Gui, for Qi and Blood Deficiency with chronic non-healing sores.
With Dang Gui and Rou Gui, for flat sores that do not pustulate or ulcers that do not heal.
With Ren Shen, Chuan Xiong, Bai Zhi, and Fang Feng, for chronic sores with underlying Deficiency.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 3.5-6g Tonifies Qi.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 3-6g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
With Huang Qi, for Qi and Blood Deficiency and ulcerated abscesses with insufficient drainage or which drain a clear thin discharge.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
With Huang Qi, Ren Shen, Shu Di Huang and Rou Gui, expels pus and generates flesh in chronic non-healing sores.
Rz. Chuanxiong Chuan Xiong 2-3g Invigorates the Blood, promotes the movement of Qi and alleviates pain.
With Dang Gui, harmonizes, nourishes and invigorates the Blood and disperses Blood Stasis.
Rx. Saposhnikoviae Fang Feng 2-3g Expels Wind-Dampness and alleviates pain.
Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng 2-3g Expels pus.
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi 1-3g Expels Wind, eliminates Dampness, dispels Cold, alleviates pain, reduces swelling, eliminates toxins and expels pus.
With Chuan Xiong, for headache.
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po 2-3g Promotes the movement of Qi downward, dries Dampness and transforms Phlegm.
With Ren Shen and Gan Cao, for distention and fullness due to Deficiency Cold.
Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui 2-3g Disperses deep Cold, warms the channels, unblocks the channels and vessels, assists the generation of Qi and Blood and alleviates pain.
With Huang Qi and Dang Gui, for Yin-type boils due to Qi and Blood Deficiency especially those that form but do not ulcerate.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 1-3g Moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Harmonizes the Stomach
  • Tonifies Deficiency
  • Detoxifies
  • Generates flesh

SYNDROMES

  • Toxic swellings in patients with Cold and Deficient constitutions

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Toxic swellings
  • Hardness and nodules with pus and swelling

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Heat (red, hot and painful swellings).
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For painful toxic swellings: For swellings that are not painful:
+ More Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae Bai Zhi + More Cx. Cinnamomi Rou Gui
For anorexia:
For severe pain: + Fr. Amomi Sha Ren
+ Olibanum Ru Xiang + Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
+ Myrrh Mo Yao For sores that continuously ooze fluid:
For sores that refuse to burst: + Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
+ Spina Gleditsiae Zao Jiao Ci + Bul. Fritillariae Thunbergii Zhe Bei Mu
For constipation:
+ Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang For inhibited urination:
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
For inner ear infections: + Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao
+ Caulis Akebiae
+ Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen For swollen lymph nodes:
+ Fr. Xanthii Cang Er Zi + Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen
For inability to eat due to swelling and pain: + Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+ Fr. Amomi Sha Ren + Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu For coughing:
    + Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia