HERB FORMULAS

SHEN LING LIU HUANG TANG - 參苓六黄汤 - GINSENG AND PORIA SIX YELLOWS DECOCTION

English: Ginseng and Poria Six Yellows Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 30g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, promotes urination, reduces edema and generates Body Fluids.
With Sheng Di Huang and Huang Bai, for Yin Deficiency with night sweats.
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 30g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen 15g Tonifies the Middle Jiao, augments Qi, nourishes the Blood and promotes the generation of Body Fluids.
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.
With Huang Qi, for Lung and Spleen Qi Deficiency with fatigue, shortness of breath, diarrhea and anorexia.
Poria Fu Ling 15g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen, harmonizes the Middle Jiao and transforms Phlegm.
Rz. Polygonati Huang Jing 15g Tonifies Spleen Qi, nurtures Stomach Yin, .moistens Lung Yin, tonifies the Kidneys and strengthens Jing.
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 15g Promotes urination, clears Damp-Heat and clears Liver Heat.
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi 12g Invigorates the Blood, expels Blood Stasis, nourishes the Liver and Kidney Yin and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
With Sheng Di Huang, powerfully clears Deficiency Fire Blazing Upward with pain and swelling of the gums, epistaxis, hematemesis and other hemorrhage in the upper body.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 9g Clears Heat, drains Dampness and stops bleeding.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Insomnia and delirium due to unremitting Heat injuring the Ying level.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 9g Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao and drains Deficiency Heat.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 9g Invigorates Blood, dispels Blood Stasis and promotes urination.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Strengthens the Spleen
  • Tonifies Qi
  • Enriches Yin
  • Drains Heat

SYNDROMES

  • Qi and Yin Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Enduring low back and sacral soreness and pain
  • Perineal pain
  • Testicular sagging and distention
  • Symptoms worse with fatigue
  • Dizziness
  • Insomnia
  • Heart palpitations
  • T: Red
  • C: Little or None
  • Thready, wiry and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For prostatitis with dribbling urination:
For prostatism with difficult urination:
+ 9g Fr. Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Yi Zhi Ren + 9g Poria Fu Ling
+ 9g Scl. Polypori Zhu Ling
+ 9g Sm. Euryales Qian Shi For constipation:
+ 9g Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi + 9g Fr. Trichosanthis Gua Lou
For stabbing pain: + 9g Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang
+ 3g Rx. Notoginseng San Qi
For severe distention and pain in the perineum:
For stabbing, piercing pain on urination:
+ 15g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He
+3g Succinum Hu Po + 15g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He
For lower abdominal, groin or genital distention and pain:
+ 9g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
+ 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
For white milky drops discharged from the urethra:
+ 9g Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu
For nodulations on the prostate:
+ 9g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 12g Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
+ 12g Poria Fu Ling + 9g Poria Fu Ling
+ 12g Rz. Curcumae E Zhu + 9g Rz. Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae Bei Xie
+ 1g Hirudo Shui Zhi
For distention and pain in the scrotum with an enlarged prostate:
For depression, irritability and insomnia:
+ 9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu
+12 g Sm. Citri Reticulatae Ju He + 9g Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ 20g Cx. Albiziae He Huan Pi
+ 12g Sm. Litchi Li Zhi He + 20g Caulis Polygoni Multiflori Ye Jiao Teng
+ 12g Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi
For spermatorrhea or hematuria:
For a Cold sensation in the lower abdomen and/or scrotal area:
+ 15g Pollen Typhae Pu Huang
+ 15g Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi + 9g Rx. Linderae Wu Yao
+ 9g Fr. Foeniculi Xiao Hui Xiang
For a burning sensation in the lower abdomen and/or scrotal area:
For difficult urination:
+ 30g Hb. Leonuri Yi Mu Cao
+ 9g Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
For Kidney Yin Deficiency:
+ 9g Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen +Sm. 9g Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi
+ 9g Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi
For Kidney Yang Deficiency:
 + 9g Hb. Ecliptae Mo Han Lian
+ 9g Hb. Epimedii Yin Yang Huo
For Qi Deficiency:
+ 9g Sm Cuscutae Tu Si Zi + 15g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi
+ 9g Rx. Morindae Officinalis Ba Ji Tian + 9g 9g Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
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 nausea and Stomach and abdominal distention:
or
+ 9g Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum Zhi Ban Xia + 12g Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao
+ 9g Per. Citri Reticulatae Chen Pi + 12g Caul. Sargentodoxae Hong Teng
For dry mouth:
+ 12g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying
+12g Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen
For a Damp, itchy scrotum:
For fever:
+ 9g Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen
+ 9g Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ 30g Hb. Taraxaci Pu Gong Ying + 9g Fr. Kochiae Di Fu Zi
For hematuria:
For insomnia and restlessness:
+ 9g Hb. Sive Radix Cirsii Japonici Da Ji + 12g Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ 9g Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji + 12g Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi
+ 20g Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang + 12g Scl. Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen
+ 20g Rx. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen