Dà Huáng Zhě Chóng Wán 大黄蛰虫丸
Rhubarb And Eupolyphaga Pill
Ingredients
Dosages:
- Jun: Da Huang (30g)
- Jun: Tu Bie Chong (3g)
- Chen: Tao Ren (6g)
- Chen: Gan Qi (3g)
- Chen: Shui Zhi (6g)
- Chen: Meng Chong (6g)
- Chen: Qi Cao (6g)
- Zuo: Huang Qin (6g)
- Zuo: Xing Ren (6g)
- Zuo: Sheng Di Huang (30g)
- Zuo: Shao Yao (12g)
- Shi: Gan Cao (9g)
Actions:
Indications:
Emaciation, abdominal fullness, inability to eat, scaly dry skin, dark eyelids, poor nutrition, abdominal distention.o
Pattern:
Qi And Blood Deficiency With Chronic Malnutrition
Tongue:
Dusky, pale
Pulse:
Choppy, Weak, Thready
Abdomen:
Notes:
Alcoholic liver disease, chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver, fibrosis of the liver, hepatic neoplasms, tubercular peritonitis, and uterine leiomyoma and esophageal varices
Preparation:
Source Text - Grind the ingredients into a powder and form into pills with the addition of honey. Prescribe five pills the size of a small bean three times a day
Modern Text - Bai Shao is most commonly used for Shao Yao and the dose is one 3g pill taken 1-3 times daily with wine or warm water. May also be prepated as a decoction with a proportionate reduction in the dosage of the ingredients.
Can help with external lesions, use externally. This herbal formula is best used to treat concurrent blood stasis and consumption.
Alternate name for Tu Bie Chong is Zhe Chong