HERB FORMULAS

English:	Gallstone Expelling Formula #1
Also Known As:

Pharmaceutical Latin	*Pin Yin*	Dosage	Actions
Fr. Aurantii	*Zhi Ke*	15g	*Promotes the movement of Qi,* reduces distention and pressure, resolves hardenings and** removes stagnated food.
Rx. Aucklandiae	*Mu Xiang*	15g	Promotes the movement of Qi, adjusts and regulates stagnant Qi in the Intestines, dispels Damp-Heat, harmonizes the Liver and Spleen and alleviates pain.
Fr. Toosendan	*Chuan Lian Zi*	15g	*Dredges Liver Qi,* releases Stagnation, stops pain and conducts Heat out from below.**
Hb. Lysimachiae	*Jin Qian Cao*	50g	Clears Liver and Gallbladder Damp-Heat and expels gallstones.
Rx. et Rz. Rhei	*Da Huang*	10g	Drains Heat, purges accumulations, invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood Stasis.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

For fullness and distention in the chest or intercostal pain:		For jaundice:
		+ Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae	Yin Chen Hao
+ Rx. Bupleuri	Chai Hu
+ Rx. Paeoniae Rubra	Chi Shao	+ Rx. Curcumae	Yu Jin
+ Rx. Paeoniae alba	Bai Shao	+ Fr. Gardeniae	Zhi Zi
For strong Heat:		For vomiting:
+ Flos Lonicerae	Jin Yin Hua	+ Flos Inulae	Xuan Fu Hua
+ Hb. Violae	Zi Hua Di Ding	+ Caulis Bambusae in Taeniam	Zhu Ru
For a deep red tongue with thirst:
+ Gypsum Fibrosum	Shi Gao	+ Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum	Zhi Ban Xia
+ Rz. Anemarrhenae	Zhi Mu
+ Rx. Trichosanthis	Tian Hua Fen	For a poor appetite:
+ Hb. Dendrobii	Shi Hu	+ Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli	Ji Nei Jin

		+ Dry-fried Fr. Hordei Germinatus	Chao Mai Ya

		+ Massa Medicata Fermentata	Shen Qu

		+ Fr. Amomi	Sha Ren
		+ Fr. Crataegi	Shan Zha