HERB FORMULAS

SAN JIN TANG - 三金湯 - THREE GOLD DECOCTION

English: Three Gold Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Hb. Desmodii Styracifolii Guang Jin Qian Cao 30-60g Clears Heat, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones.
(Hb. Lysimachiae) (Jin Qian Cao) (30-60g) (Promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones from the urinary tract. - May substitute for Guang Jin Qian Cao.)
Sm. Abutili/Malvae Dong Kui Zi 10-15g Promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
Hb. Lygodii Jin Sha Teng 20-30g Clears Toxic Heat, promotes urination and treats urodynia, dysuria and lumbar sprain.
(Spora Lygodii) (Hai Jin Sha) (20-30g) (Clears Heat, promotes urination, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and expels stones. - May substitute for Jin Sha Teng.)
Fol. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei 6-9g Clears Damp-Heat, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and clears stones.
With Guang Jin Qian Cao and Dong Kui Zi, for Stone Lin.
Hb. Dianthi Qu Mai 10-15g Drains Damp-Heat from the Urinary Bladder, promotes urination and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction.
With Hai Jin Sha, Jin Qian Cao and Ji Nei Jin, for Stone Lin.
Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin 6-9g Transforms hardness and dissolves stones.
With Guang Jin Qian Cao, for urinary or biliary calculi.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Promotes urination
  • Expels stones
  • Eliminates Heat and Dampness
  • Circulates Qi

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat in the Urinary Bladder

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Urinary frequency
  • Urinary urgency
  • Painful urination or
  • Continuous dripping of urine or
  • Sudden interruption to the urinary stream
  • Sand and stones in the urine
  • Oliguria
  • Anuria
  • Nausea
  • Vomiting
  • Fever
  • Turbid urine or
  • Bladder:
    Hematuria
    Obstruction of the flow
  • Kidney:
    Slightly bloody urine
    Enlarged Kidney
  • Ureter:
    Slightly bloody urine
  • Urethra:
    Pain in the penis
  • In Damp-Heat Pouring Downward there may also be:
    Fever
    Thirst
    Dry mouth
    Low back pain
  • In Damp-Heat Crystallizes in Urinary Bladder there may also be:
    Colicky pain in the low back, possibly radiating to the groin
  • T: Red or Normal
  • C: Yellow or Yellow and sticky
  • P: Slippery and rapid or Deep and wiry or Rolling

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For severe pain: For hematuria:
+ Pollen Typhae Pu Huang + Flos Sophorae Huai Hua Mi
+ Faeces Trogopterori Wu Ling Zhi + Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie
For jaundice with more Heat than Dampness and gallstones:
+ 30g Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao + Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
+ 30g Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao + Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji
+ 15g Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi    
+ 6g Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao    
+ Artemisiae Yinchenhao Decoction
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