Prescriptions for Reducing Water Retention
Zhen Po Huo Ming Dan (珍珀活命丹)
Name
The Prescription of 珍珀活命丹
Source
The book Dan Tai Yu An
Ingredients
Niu Huang 3 g,Hu Po 3 g,Zhen Zhu 3 g,Chan Su 3 g,Zhu Sha 3 g,7 Lou Gu,7 Di Bie Chong.Explanation
Niu Huang: Clearing heart-fire and removing toxicity, expelling wind and relieving convulsion, eliminating phlegm.
Zhen Zhu: Inducing sedation and tranquilization, improving vision and removing nebula, promoting tissue regeneration and wound healing.
Chan Su: Inducing resuscitation and refreshing mind, removing toxicity, alleviating pain.
Zhu Sha: Inducing sedation and tranquilization, clearing heat and removing toxicity.
Hu Po: Inducing sedation and tranquilization, activating blood and resolving stasis, inducing diuresis and relieving stranguria.
Lou Gu: Promoting diuresis, clearing damp-heat and relaxing the bowels.
Di Bie Chong: Breaking blood and dispelling stasis.
The Effect of 珍珀活命丹
Effect
Promote diuresis, clear damp-heat, dispel stasis.
Indications
Tympanites.
Administrations
All the drugs are pounded into fine powder. The powder is made with Ren Ru into pills. 1.5 g of the pills are taken each time on empty stomach with boiled water.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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