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Chinese Medicinal Material
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【Chinese Name】 |
八正散
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【Phonetic】 |
Ba Zheng San
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【English Name】 |
Eight Corrections Powder |
【Classification】 |
Dampclearing formulas |
【Source】 |
《Formulas from the Imperial Pharmacy》Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang《太平惠民和劑局方》 |
【Combination】 |
Plantaginis Semen (Che Qian Zi) 1 jin (500g), Dianthi Herba (Qu Mai) 1 jin (500g), Polygoni Avicularis Herba (Bian Xu) 1 jin (500g), Talcum (Hua Shi) 1 jin (500g), Gardeniae Fructus (Zhi Zi) 1 jin (500g), Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma Praeparata cum Melle (Zhi Gan Cao) 1 jin (500g), Akebiae Caulis (Mu Tong) 1 jin (500g), Rhei Radix et Rhizoma (Da Huang) 1 jin (500g) |
【Method】 |
Grind into powder. Take 6-10g with a decoction of deng xin cao. It can also be prepared as a decoction with deng xin cao included. |
【Action】 |
Clears heat and subdues fire, promotes urination, and relieves strangury. |
【Indication】 |
Ba Zheng San is indicated for damp-heat strangury. The symptoms are frequent urgent urination, odynuria, dribbling urination, dark yellow urine, retention of urine in severe cases, cramps and fullness of abdomen, and a dry mouth and throat. The coating is yellow and greasy and the pulse is slippery and rapid. |
【Pathogenesis】 |
This pattern is caused by damp-heat pouring downward into the bladder. Damp-heat accumulation in the bladder blocks the water passages and leads to frequent and urgent urination, odynuria, dysuria, and retention of urine. Damp-heat steams the urine causing it to become dark and turbid. Qi movement is blocked by damp-heat manifesting cramps and fullness of the abdomen. The distribution of fluid is blocked by damp-heat which leads to a dry mouth and throat. The therapeutic principle is to clear heat, promote urination, and relieve strangury. |
【Application】 |
1. Essential pattern differentiation Ba Zheng San is a common formula applied to strangury due to damp-heat. This clinical pattern is marked by frequent and urgent urination, odynuria, yellow and greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid pulse. 2. Modern applications This formula may be used in the following biomedically defined disorders when the patient shows signs of damp-heat pouring downward: cystitis, urethritis, acute prostatitis, urinary stone, pyelonephritis, and postoperative or postpartum urinary retention. |
【Additonal formulae】 |
Wu Lin San (Five Strangury Powder 五淋散) [Source]《Beneficial Formulas from the Taiping Imperial Pharmacy》Tai Ping Hui Min He Ji Ju Fang《太平惠民和劑局方》 [Ingredients] Chi fu ling 6 liang (180g), dang gui 5 liang (150g), sheng gan cao 5 liang (150g), chi shao 20 liang (600g), zhi zi 20 liang (600g) [Preparation and Administration] Grind the medicinals into a fine powder. Take 2 qian (6g), prepared as a decoction. [Actions] Cools blood and stanches bleeding, promotes urination and relieves strangury. [Applicable Patterns] Blood strangury due to damp-heat. Symptoms include: bean juice-like urination, odynuria, sandy urination, umbilical cramps and abdominal pain. |
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