HERB FORMULAS

INTERSTITIAL CYSTITS #1

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HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi 4-15g Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat.
Hb. Dianthi Qu Mai 4-15g Drains Damp-Heat from the Urinary Bladder,
promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, breaks up Blood Stasis, invigorates Blood circulation and regulates menstruation.
With Bian Xu, for Lin Syndrome.
With Che Qian Zi and Hua Shi, for Heat dysuria (Re Lin) with burning and pain during urination.
Hb. Polygoni Avicularis Bian Xu 8-16g Drains Damp-Heat from the Urinary Bladder, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
With Qu Mai, for painful urinary dysfunction.
With Qu Mai and Che Qian Zi, for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao or Stone Lin with urinary discomfort.
Hb. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei 6-16g Clears Damp-Heat, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Qu Mai and Huan Shi, for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with short, stabbing, painful urination
With Qu Mai, Hua Shi and Dong Kui Zi, for hematuria.
Sm. Abutili/Malvae Dong Kui Zi 3-14g Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
Talcum Hua Shi 9-18g Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Urinary Bladder and stops bleeding due to Heat.
With Dong Kui Zi, for Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao causing urinary discomfort and dysfunction.
With Gan Cao, for Summerheat causing painful urinary dysfunction, thirst, irritability and fever.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang 3-15g Clears Heat, transforms Dampness, promotes urination, reduces Fire toxicity, drains Heat from the Blood, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao 3-14g Clears Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, moderates and harmonizes the harsh properties of other herbs and guides the herbs to all twelve channels.
Medulla Junci Deng Xin Cao 1.5-4.5g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, cools the Blood and stops bleeding.
With Hua Shi, for Damp-Heat in the Heart, Lung, and Urinary Bladder channels causing incomplete, painful urination.
Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi 3-10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis,
alleviates pain and stops bleeding.
With Pu Huang, for abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea and lochioschesis.
With Yan Hu Suo, Mo Yao and Ru Xiang, for chest, epigastric and abdominal pain due to Qi Stagnation and Blood Stasis.
Pollen Typhae Pu Huang 3-12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, promotes urination and stops bleeding by astringing.
With Wu Ling Zhi and Yan Hu Suo, for dysmenorrhea.
Myrrh Mo Yao 3-12g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, alleviates pain and reduces swelling.
With Ru Xiang, disseminates and unblocks the organs and dredges the channels and collaterals to treat epigastric, flank, abdominal and joint pain.
Olibanum Ru Xiang 3-10g Invigorates the Blood and promotes the movement of Qi.
With Mo Yao, for Blood Stasis.
With Yan Hu Suo, for chest and abdominal pain.
Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo 3-12g Invigorates the Blood, circulates Qi and stops pain.
With Wu Ling Zhi, for chest and abdominal pain due to Blood Stagnation.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Eliminates Dampness
  • Invigorates the Blood
  • Breaks up Stasis
  • Frees the flow of urine

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with Blood Stagnation

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Frequent, urgent, dark, painful urination
  • A burning, hot sensation in the urethra
  • Turbid urine
  • Maybe purple clots in the urine
  • Dribbling urination
  • A sticky, dry mouth
  • Lower abdominal distention, fullness and pain
  • Thirst with no desire to drink
  • Pain is worse with pressure
  • Constipation
  • T: Red or Dark with purple macules or spots
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Choppy and/or wiry and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For a stronger Blood Regulating action:  
+ Rx. Notoginseng San Qi    
+ Succinum Hu Po