HERB FORMULAS

GONG CHONG TANG - 蚣虫汤 - CENTIPEDE DECOCTION

English: Centipede Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Scolopendra Wu Gong 6pcs Attacks and relieves Fire toxins, relieves abdominal masses, dissipates nodules and stops pain.
Scorpio Quan Xie 10g Attacks and relieves Fire toxins, dissipates nodules and rashes and stops pain.
With Wu Gong, for toxic, swollen sores and scrofula.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 12g Strongly reduces Food Stagnation, improves the Spleen’s transportive function, transforms hardness and dissolves stones.
Hirudo Shui Zhi 3g Breaks up and drives out Blood Stasis and reduces fixed masses.
Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam Zhu Ru 12g Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 10g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Breaks up Stasis
  • Clears Heat
  • Detoxifies
  • Resolves Hot Phlegm
  • Reduces fixed masses
  • Stops pain

SYNDROMES

  • Esophageal cancer due to Blood Stagnation with chest and back pain

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Progressive dysphagia
  • Vomiting after eating
  • General debility
  • A localized pricking sensation in the chest and back
  • Maybe hematemesis
  • Melaena
  • T: Dark blue or red with echymoses
  • C: Thick and greasy
  • P: Deep, sluggish and choppy or Choppy and uneven

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS