HERB FORMULAS

BIAN FEI CHUI SHAO TANG - POLYGONUM AND TORREYA DECOCTION

English: Polygonum and Torreya Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Sm. Torreyae Fei Zi 4g Kills parasites and reduces accumulations.
With Bian Xu, dislodges and expels pinworms.
Polygoni Multiflori Bian Xu 3g Expels parasites and stops itching.
Sm. Arecae Bing Lang 9g Kills parasites, regulates Qi, reduces accumulations, drains downward and unblocks the bowels.
Flos Sophorae Flavescentis Ku Shen 4g Disperses Wind, kills parasites and stops itching.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Kills parasites

SYNDROMES

  • Parasites

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Altered bowel habits
  • Loose, watery stools or
  • Constipation
  • Rectal itching and burning especially at night
  • Excessive appetite
  • Food allergies
  • Symptoms improve after eating
  • Epigastric pain
  • Heartburn
  • Swelling around the umbilicus
  • Respiratory symptoms with hepatomegaly
  • Hepatobiliary symptoms
  • Depression
  • Foul intestinal gas
  • Weight loss
  • Breast swelling and tenderness unrelated to menstruation

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS