HERB FORMULAS

ZHU CHE WAN - 驻车丸 - HALT THE CARTS PILL

English: Halt the Carts Pill
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 180g Clears Heat, drains Dampness and drains Stomach Fire.
With E Jiao, for Heat toxin clumping in the Intestines, injuring the Blood collaterals causing Blood and pus in the stools especially during pregnancy or postpartum.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 60g Warms the Middle and expels Cold.
With Huang Lian, for epigastric pain and distention, dysentery, indeterminate gnawing hunger, vague abdominal pain or discomfort, belching, and nausea.
With Huang Lian and E Jiao, for chronic diarrhea with damage to the Yin leading to a condition with mixed Hot and Cold with Blood and pus in the stool
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 90g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, moistens the Intestines, unblocks the bowels, reduces swelling, expels pus, generates flesh and alleviates pain.
Colla Corii Asini E Jiao 90g Tonifies the Blood, nourishes and moistens Yin, and moistens the Lungs and Large Intestine.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Drains Heat
  • Dries Dampness
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Stops dysenteric disorders

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat Damaging Yin and Yang

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Discharge of pus and Blood from the bowels
  • Discharge comes and goes
  • Tenesmus
  • Continuous abdominal pain
  • Irritability of the chest
  • T: Red
  • C: Little
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during the initial stages of a dysenteric disorder.
  • Avoid pork, greasy food and cold beverages while taking this formula.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

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MODIFICATIONS