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formula
Huai Hua San
chinese formulae
definition
Huai Hua San = "Sophora Japonica Powder"
sources: Bensky and Barolet, p. 339; Yeung, p. 121.
signs and symptoms: Blood in the stools, either bright-red or dark-red.
tongue and pulse: red tongue body, and wiry, rapid or soggy, rapid pulse.
indications: Wind-Heat or Damp-Heat in the Intestines. With the appropriate presentation, may be used in conditions conventionally diagnosed as amebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, hemorrhoids, anal fissure, and rectal prolapse.
cautions and contraindications: This formula should not be used long-term.
ingredients: dosage for two days:
» 10 grams: sophora flower (huai hua).
» 6 grams: biota tops (ce bai ye), schizonepeta spikes (jing jie sui), chih-ko (zhi ke).
modifications:
» to enhance the formula's ability to stop bleeding, substitute blackened schizonepeta (jing jie tan) for schizonepeta spikes (jing jie sui).
» for severe Heat in the Large Intestine, add coptis (huang lian) and phellodendron bark (huang bai).
» for chronic or profuse rectal bleeding, add sanguisorba (di yu) and cuttlefish bone (hai piao xiao).
» for chronic bleeding causing Xue Xu (Blood Deficiency), add Chinese angelica (tang kuei) (dang gui). If there is severe Qi or Yin Xu (Deficiency) following chronic bleeding, one should distinguish and treat that aspect of the disorder rather than using this formula.
» for bleeding hemorrhoids, add sanguisorba (di yu) and scute (huang qin).
» for ulcerative colitis, substitute white peony (bai shao yao) for chih-ko (zhi ke), and add sanguisorba (di yu), bletilla (bai ji), cuttlefish bone (hai piao xiao) and scute (huang qin).
» for amebic dysentery, take with Anemone C. (Bai Tou Weng Tang)
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