-IBIS-1.5.0-
rx
formula
Anemone C.
chinese formulae
definition
Anemone C. = Bai Tou Weng Tang = "Pulsatilla Decoction"
sources: Hsu, 1980, p. 187; Bensky and Barolet, p. 99; Yeung, p. 39.
signs and symptoms: Abdominal pain, tenesmus, diarrhea containing more blood than pus, burning sensation around the anus, thirst.
tongue and pulse: red tongue with a yellow coat, and wiry, rapid pulse.
indications: Large Intestine Damp-Heat. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as acute conjunctivitis, dysentery, acute enteritis, ulcerative colitis, leukorrhea, and urinary tract infection.
cautions and contraindications: Can easily injure Spleen Yang so should not be used long term. Contraindicated in cases with Spleen Yang Xu (Deficiency).
ingredients: dosage for one day:
» 10 grams: anemone (bai tou weng), fraxinus (qin pi).
» 9 grams: phellodendron (huang bai).
» 6 grams: coptis (huang lian).
modifications:
» with Wind Heat symptoms such as fever with some chills, add pueraria (ge gen), scute (huang qin), lonicera (jin yin hua) and forsythia (lian qiao).
» for swollen, painful eyes, add chrysanthemum flower (ju hua), moutan (mu dan pi) and carthamus (hong hua).
» with abdominal pain worse with pressure, with thick and greasy tongue coating due to Food Stagnation, add crataegus (shan zha) and chih-shih (zhi shi).
» for urinary frequency, pain and urgency, add akebia (mu tong), imperata (bai mao gen) and lysimachia (jin qian cao).
footnotes