HERB FORMULAS

DAO CHI (RE) SAN

English: Guide Out the Red Powder
Also Known As: Rehmannia and Akebia Formula
Powder to Conduct Heart Fire Downwards
Conduct the Redness (Heat) Powder
Powder of Fresh Rehmannia and Clematis Stem to Conduct Fire Downward
Fire-Inducing Powder

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang 5-30g Cools Heart Fire, nourishes Yin, cools Blood and generates Fluids.
Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong 3-12g Clears Heat from the Heart channel and clears Heat and promotes urination through the Small Intestine channel.
With Dan Zhu Ye and Sheng Di Huang, for mouth ulcers, burning throat pain, irritability and insomnia due to Heart Fire.
Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye 3-10g Alleviates irritability by clearing Heat from the Heart.
With Mu Tong and Sheng Di Huang, for Heat in the Heart channel manifesting as chest Heat and irritability, mouth and tongue sores and dark, scanty urine.
Rx. Glycyrrhizae (tips) Gan Cao (Shao) 3-10g The tips treat painful urinary dysfunction, relieve toxicity and harmonize.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Clears the Heart
  • Nourishes Yin
  • Promotes urination
  • Relieves Lin Syndrome

SYNDROMES

  • Heart Fire Flaring Up
  • Small Intestine Excess Heat
  • Heart and Kidney Yin Deficiencies
  • Heat in the Heart and Small Intestine Channels

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Irritability with a sensation of Heat in the chest
  • Thirst with a desire to drink cold beverages
  • Red face
  • Fever
  • May be sores around the mouth
  • Dark, scanty urine
  • Rough urination
  • Fidgeting
  • Warm sensations in the chest
  • Sores on the tongue
  • Painful urination (stabbing)
  • Urination short and hesitant
  • Hematuria
  • Oliguria
  • Maybe blood in the urine
  • Sluggish urination
  • Irritability
  • Fatigue
  • T: Red
  • P: Rapid

TREATS

  • Stomatitis
  • Nightmares
  • Urethritis
  • Cystitis
  • Glomerulonephritis
  • Herpes zoster
  • Oral cavity infection
  • Infertility
  • Oral herpes
  • Tongue ulcers
  • Canker sores
  • Acute urinary tract infection
  • Thrush
  • Dysuria
  • Infectious parotitis
  • Exanthema maculosum

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Use caution for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiencies.
  • This formula may not be appropriate for those with repetitive stomatitis.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • This formula is especially used for children.

MODIFICATIONS

For hematuria: For excessive Heart Fire:
+ Hb. Ecliptae Han Lian Cao + Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Rz. Imperatae
For mouth ulcers:
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos Xiao Ji
Five-Ingredient Formula with Poria
Wu Ling San
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
For Yin Deficiency:
For stranguria and hematuria due to Heat in the Blood: + Hb. Dendrobii Shi Hu
- Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye
+ Rx. Anemarrhenae
+Hb. Ecliptae Han Lian Cao
For severe urinary tract infection:
+ Hb. Cephalanoplos
+ Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi
For irritability and Heat in the chest:
+ Sm. Plantaginis
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
For Bloody dysuria (Xue Lin):
+ Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
+ Hb. Ecliptae
For Heat dysuria (Re Lin):
+ Hb. Cirsii
+ Hb. Pteris Feng Wei Cao
+ Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis
+ Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ Hb. Dianthi
+ Fol. Pyrrosiae Shi Wei
For fever and thirst:
+ Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi
+ Talcum
+ Poria Rubra Chi Fu Ling
+ Gypsum Fibrosum
For stomatitis and mouth ulcerations:
For cystitis:
+ Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
+ Rx. Scutellariae
+ Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao
+ Medulla Junci
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
+ Fr. Gardeniae
For infantile night crying:
For severe edema:
+ Concha Margaritaferae Zhen Zhu Mu
+ Five Ingredient Powder with Poria
Wu Ling San
+ Ram. Uncariae cum Uncis Gou Teng
For exanthema maculosum:
For prostatic hypertrophy due to Damp-Heat:
+ Rz. Cimicifugae
+ Eight Herb Powder for Rectification
Ba Zheng San
+ Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian
   
+ Cx. Moutan