HERB FORMULAS

SAN SHEN SAN BAI TANG - 三参三白汤 - THREE SHENS AND THREE WHITES DECOCTION

English: Three Shens and Three Whites Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz, Corydalis Yan Hu Suo 15g Invigorates the Blood, circulates Qi and stops pain.
Rx. Salviae Miltiorrhizae Dan Shen 15g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and clears Heat.
Fr. Tribuli Bai Ji Li 12g Dredges Liver Qi and disperses Stagnation and clumping.
Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen 9g Tonifies the Middle Jiao, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and promotes the generation of Body Fluids.
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen 9g Clears Heat and dries Dampness.
With Mu Xiang, for Damp-Heat dysenteric disorder.
Cx. Dictamni Bai Xian Pi 9g Clears Heat, resolves Fire-toxicity, dries Dampness and clears Damp-Heat.
With Ku Shen, for Damp-Heat sores that itch.
With Ku Shen and Di Fu Zi, for itching with vaginal discharge.
Fr. Kochiae Di Fu Zi 9g Clears Damp-Heat and promotes urination.
Sm. Arecae Bing Lang 9g Regulates Qi, reduces accumulations, drains downward and unblocks the bowels.
Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang 9g Promotes the movement of Qi, alleviates pain, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, strengthens the Spleen, prevents Stagnation, dispels Damp-Heat and harmonizes the Liver and Spleen.
With Bing Lang, for Qi Stagnation in the Stomach and Intestines due to Food Stagnation with abdominal distention and fullness, anorexia, aversion to the smell of food, nausea without the ability to vomit and an uncomfortable urge to defecate which is often unsuccessful.
Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao 9g Astringes leakage of Blood, stops bleeding, astringes diarrhea and dysentery and tonifies Qi and Blood.
With Di Yu, for bloody diarrhea or dysenteric disorders.
Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu 9g Cools the Blood and stops bleeding.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Dispels Dampness
  • Soothes the Liver
  • Invigorates the Spleen
  • Invigorates the Blood

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat with Liver-Spleen Disharmony

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • A swollen, distended, firm abdomen
  • Epigastric and abdominal pain and distention that is worse with pressure
  • Feverishness
  • Flushing
  • A bitter taste in the mouth
  • Thirst or a dry mouth with with little desire to drink
  • Scanty, concentrated urine
  • Constipation and/or
  • Diarrhea
  • Maybe jaundice
  • Abdominal distention and pain
  • Gas
  • Borborygmus
  • Diarrhea
  • Distention and pain in the sides or flanks
  • Suffocating sensation in the chest
  • Tendency to sigh
  • Melancholy
  • Depression
  • Irritability
  • Inappropriate anger
  • Women:
    Irregular menses
    Dysmenorrhea
    Breast distention and pain before and during menses
  • T: Pink or Red tip and edges
  • C: White and greasy or Greasy and yellow or Grayish black
  • P: Slippery and wiry or Wiry and rapid

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