Prescriptions for Removing Pathogenic Heat and Toxic Material
Zhu Che Wan
Name
The Prescription of Zhu Che Wan
Source
The book Wai Tai Mi Yao
Ingredients
Huang Lian 360 g,Pao Jiang 120 g,Dang Gui 180 g,E Jiao 180 g.Explanation
Pao Jiang: Warming meridians and stopping bleeding, warming the spleen and stomach and alleviating pain.
E Jiao: Nourishing Yin and tonifying the lung, enriching blood to arrest bleeding.
Dang Gui: Tonifying blood and activating blood, alleviating pain.
Huang Lian: Clearing heat and removing toxicity.
The Effect of Zhu Che Wan
Effect
Nourish yin and arrest dysentery.
Indications
Chronic dysentery, tenesmus, recurrent dysentery, abdominal pain due to bloody dysentery.
Administrations
All the drugs are ground into fine powder. The powder is made with vinegar into pills.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated in case of the early stage of dysentery and damp-heat accumulation.
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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