HERB FORMULAS

BAI TOU WENG TANG

English: Pulsatilla Decoction
Also Known As: Anemone Combination

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Pulsatillae Bai Tou Weng 3-30g Principle herb for treating dysenteric disorders, relieves Fire toxin, especially at the Blood level, clears Damp-Heat and stops diarrhea.
With Huang Lian and Qin Pi, for Damp-Heat or epidemic dysenteric disorders.
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian 3-10g Clears Damp-Heat, especially from the Stomach and Intestines.
Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai 3-12g Cears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao.
With Huang Lian, assists Bai Tou Weng in clearing Damp-Heat and relieving dysentery.
Cx. Fraxini Qin Pi 3-15g Astringes diarrhea, drains Damp-Heat and enhances the actions of the other herbs.
With Bai Tou Weng and Huang Bai, for hot dysenteric disorders.
With Bai Tou Weng and Huang Lian, for diarrhea or dysentery with tenesmus due to Damp-Heat.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears Heat
  • Relieves toxicity
  • Cools the Blood
  • Alleviates dysenteric disorders

SYNDROMES

  • Damp-Heat in Colon (Damp-Heat Dysentery)
  • Hot dysenteric disorder due to Heat and toxin searing the Stomach and Intestines
  • Jue Yin Stage dysenteric disorder due to Heat

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Abdominal pain
  • Tenesmus
  • A burning sensation around the anus
  • Leukorrhea with a reddish discharge
  • Diarrhea containing more blood than pus
  • Thirst with a desire to drink
  • T: Red
  • C: Yellow
  • P: Wiry and rapid

TREATS

  • Acute or chronic enteritis
  • Acute bacillary dysentery
  • Acute eye disorders due to Damp-Heat
  • Amebic dysentery
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Pneumonia
  • Leukorrhea
  • Acute urinary tract infection
  • Acute conjunctivitis
  • Post partum enteritis
  • Gastroenteritis
  • Pelvic inflammatory disease

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Do not use long term.
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen and Stomach Yang Deficiency.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For indigestion: For Wind-Cold attack with chills and fever:
+ Fr. Crataegi Shan Zha + Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
+ Fr. Citri Aurantii Immaturus Zhi Shi + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang + Fr. Forsythiae
Lian Qiao
For tenesmus with abdominal pain:
+ Rx. Scutellariae
Huang Qin
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
or
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang + Rx. Puerariae Ge Gen
for severe tenesmus:
+ Hb.Schoznepetae Jing JIe
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang + Fr. Forsythiae
Lian Qiao
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For dysentery with dark bloody stool:
or
 + Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
+ Sm. Arecae Bing Lang
For amebic dysentery:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Per. Granati Shi Liu Pi
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao
For bacillary dysentery:
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke + Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
or
 + Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao
+ Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang + Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
+ Fr. Aurantii Zhi Ke
For hot, swollen, painful eyes:
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao + Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua
+ Rx. Angelicae sinensis Dang Gui + Cx. Moutan Mu Dan Pi
For urinary frequency:
+ Flos Carthami Hong Hua
+ Caul. Akebiae Mu Tong
For severe fever and Heat:
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen + Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian
+ Hb Lysimachiae Jin Qian Cao + Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
For Blood Deficiency:
For food-denial dysentery:
+ Colla Corii Asini E Jiao - Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai
+ Rx. Glycyrrhizae Gan Cao + Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen
For coma and convulsion:
+ Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong
+ Calm the Palace Pill with Cattle Gallstone
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
+ Hb. Sinocrassulae Indicae Shi Lian Zi
or
 + Rz. Acori Tatarinowii Shi Chang Pu
+ Purple Sbnow Pill
Zi Xue Dan