Tong Xie Yao Fang (痛泻要方): Classic TCM Formula

Name

Prescription of Importance for Diarrhea with Pain

The Prescription of 痛泻要方

Source

The book Jing Yue Quan Shu

Ingredients

Bai Zhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) 12 g,Bai Shao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) 9 g,Chen Pi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) 6 g,Fang Feng (Radix Saposhinkoviae) 9 g.

Explanation

Bai Zhu: One of the principal drugs, being bitter and sweet in flavor and warm in nature, strengthening the spleen to dry pathogenic dampness.

Bai Shao: The other principal drug, being bitter and sour in flavor and slightly cold in nature, nourishing the liver to relieve pain.

Chen Pi: Regulating the middle-Jiao to remove pathogenic dampness.

Fang Feng: Dispersing the liver-Qi and regulating the spleen.

The Effect of 痛泻要方

Effect

Replenishing the spleen-Qi and dispersing the liver-Qi.

Indications

Symdrome due to stagnation of the liver-Qi and deficiency of the spleen, marked by bowel sound, abdominal pain, loose stools, retention of abdominal pain after laxation, thin whitish tongue coating, and taut slow pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as allergic colitis, acute enteritis, etc.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice (Taken as a powder dose originally)