HERB FORMULAS

SI WU TANG HE LIU WEI DI HUANG WAN JIA JIAN - 四物汤和六味地黄丸加減 - MODIFIED FOUR THINGS DECOCTION PLUS SIX INGREDIENT PILLS OF REHMANNIA

English: Modified Four Things Decoction Plus Six Ingredient Pills of Rehmannia
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 15g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin and generates fluids.
With Mu Dan Pi, for Kidney Yin Deficiency.
With Ce Bai Ye, for all types of bleeding due to Heat in the Blood.
Fr. Ligustri Lucidi Nu Zhen Zi 15g Nourishes and tonifies the Liver and Kidney Yin and clears Deficiency Heat.
Fr. Mori Sang Shen 15g Tonifies the Blood, enriches Yin and generates Fluids.
Stir-fried Cx. Moutan Chao Mu Dan Pi 10g Clears Deficiency Fire.
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra Chi Shao 10g Invigorates the Blood, dispels Blood Stasis, Clears Heat and cools the Blood.
With Mu Dan Pi, cools the Blood and disperses Stasis.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 10g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin and calms Liver Yang and Liver Wind.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu 10g Stabilizes the Kidneys, astringes Jing and Body Fluids, tonifies Liver and Kidney Yin and strengthens Kidney Yang.
Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen 12g Clears Heat, cools the Blood, nourishes Yin, drains Fire and relieves toxicity.
With Mu Dan Pi, for erysipelas and purplish rashes.
With Sheng Di Huang, for Excess or Deficiency Heat patterns.
Sm. Sesame Indici Hei Zhi Ma 12g Nourishes and fortifies Liver and Kidney Yin, nourishes Jing and Blood and extinguishes Wind.
Sm. Cuscutae Tu Si Zi 12g Nourishes Yin, astringes Jing, benefits the marrow and tonifies the Kidneys and Liver.
Poria Pararadicis Fu Shen 18g Quiets the Heart, calms the Spirit and soothes the nerves.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 18g Tonifies, invigorates and harmonizes the Blood.
With Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency Heat.
Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye 18g Cools the Blood and promotes hair growth.
Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi 18g Calms the Liver, anchors Floating Yang, clears Liver Fire and cools the Blood.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Cools the Blood
  • Extinguishes Wind
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Protects the hair

SYNDROMES

  • Blood Heat Generating Wind

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Sudden hair loss
  • Rapidly evolving into large round or oval bare patches
  • Occasional itching
  • Maybe loss of hair in the eyebrows, moustache and beard
  • Maybe a sensation of Heat in the scalp
  • Maybe irritability
  • Maybe irascibility
  • Maybe restlessness
  • T: Red with
  • C: Scant
  • P: Thready and rapid

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For palpitations and insomnia:
For reduced appetite and abdominal distension:
+ Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi + Dry-fried Fr. Oryzae Germinatus Chao Gu Ya
+ Bul Lilii Bai He
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong + Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli Ji Nei Jin
+ Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren + Flos Magnoliae Officinalis Hou Po Hua
+ Sm. Nelumbinis Lian Zi
For emotional depression and self-pity:
 + Flos Rosae Rugosae Mei Gui Hua
+ Cx. Albiziae He Huan Pi + Fr. Citri Sarcodactylis Fo Shou
+ Flos Albiziae He Huan Hua
For prevalence of Wind-Heat with sudden and severe alopecia:
+ Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
+ Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu + Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma
    + Rz. Typhonii Preparatum Zhi Bai Fu Zi
   
    + Sm. Leonuri Chong Wei Zi