HERB FORMULAS

BU TIAN DA ZAO WAN - 补天大造囊 - TONIFY HEAVEN GREAT CREATION PILL

English: Tonify Heaven Great Creation Pill
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang 100g Nourishes the Blood, strongly enriches Yin and arrests coughing and wheezing.
With Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency marked by dizziness, palpitations, insomnia and menstrual dysfunction.
with Gui Ban, for dizziness, insomnia, tinnitus, forgetfulness, afternoon fevers and night sweats due Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising.
With Ren Shen, Bai Zhu, Dang Gui, Bai Shao and Fu Ling, for anemia with fatigue and weakness.
Rx. Astragali Huang Qi 50g Tonifies Qi and Blood, strengthens the Spleen, raises the Yang Qi of the Spleen and Stomach, tonifies Wei Qi, stabilizes the Exterior and tonifies the Lungs.
With Ren Shen, for Qi Deficiency with general debility, anorexia, fatigue, tired extremities and spontaneous sweating.
With Bai Zhu, for Spleen Qi Deficiency with weakness, lassitude and loose stools.
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu 40g Tonifies the Spleen,augments Qi, dries Dampness and promotes water metabolism.
With Fu Ling, Ren Shen and Huang Qi, for severe Qi Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Shao and Dang Gui, for Blood Deficiency.
Sm. Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren 40g Nourishes Heart Yin, tonifies Liver Blood, calms the Spirit, astringes sweat and generates fluids.
Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao 40g Nourishes the Blood, astringes Yin and adjusts the Ying and Wei.
With Dang Gui and Shu Di Huang, for dizziness, blurred vision and dysmenorrhea due to Blood Deficiency or Stasis.
With Dang Gui, nourishes Yin and Blood.
With Huang Qi and Ren Shen, restrains sweating from Deficiency.
With Huang Qi, Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for Qi Deficiency signs such as fatigue, weakness, and pale and scanty menstrual Blood.
Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao 40g Tonifies Lung Qi, nourishes Lung Yin, tonifies Kidney Yin and astringes Jing.
With Fu Ling and Bai Zhu, for Spleen Deficiency with loose watery stools.
With Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for decreased appetite and lack of energy due to Spleen Deficiency.
Poria Fu Ling 40g Promotes urination, leaches out Dampness, strengthens the Spleen and harmonizes the Middle Jiao.
With Bai Zhu, strengthens the Spleen and resolves Dampness.
with Ren Shen and Bai Zhu, for a weak and deficient Spleen with fatigue, anorexia and loose stools.
Plastrum Testudinis Gui Ban 40g Nourishes Yin, anchors Yang, nourishes the Blood and enriches Yin.
With Lu Jiao Jiao, for weakness and debility due to Kidney Deficiency.
With Lu Jiao Jiao, Ren Shen and Gou Qi Zi, for Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiency with weak bones, spermatorrhea or nocturnal emissions, weight loss and blurred vision.
Colla Cervi Cornus Lu Jiao Jiao 30g Tonifies the Kidneys, strengthens Yang and nourishes and tonifies Qi and Blood.
With Gui Ban, nourishes and tonifies Qi and Blood.
with Dang Gui and Huang Qi, for aplastic anemia associated with severely deficient Jing and Blood.
with Ren Shen, for Yang Deficiency with weakness of Fire at the Ming Men.
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui 30g Tonifies, activates and harmonizes the Blood, disperses Cold, stops coughing and treats dyspnea.
With Huang Qi, for Qi and Blood Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, for Heat symptoms due to Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood.
Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen 30g Powerfully tonifies Yuan Qi, tonifies Lung Qi, generates Body Fluids and stops thirst.
With Shu Di Huang, for Qi and Yin Deficiency.
With Bai Zhu, tonifies the transformation and transportation functions of the Spleen.
With Huang Qi, for Lung Qi Deficiency.
Fr. Lycii Gou Qi Zi 30g Nourishes Yin, moistens the Lungs and nourishes and tonifies Liver and Kidney Blood and Yin.
With Shu Di Huang, for Liver and Kidney Deficiency.
Rx. Polygalae Yuan Zhi 30g Expels Phlegm, opens the Orifices, clears the Lungs and stops coughing.
With Suan Zao Ren, Bai Zhu and Dang Gui, for palpitations and insomnia due to Qi Deficiency.
Placenta Hominis Zi He Che 6g Tonifies Lung Qi and augments Kidney Jing.
With Shu Di Huang, for chronic weakness and debility.
With Shu Di Huang, Huang Qi and Ren Shen, for Qi Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Dang Gui and Bai Shao, for Blood Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Bai Zhu and Shan Yao, for a decreased appetite due to Spleen Deficiency.
With Shu Di Huang, Ren Shen, Dang Gui and Huang Qi, for Qi and Blood Deficiency.

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Nourishes Yin
  • Tonifies Yang
  • Supports Yuan Qi
  • Consolidates the root

SYNDROMES

  • Yin and Yang Deficiency

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Coughing and wheezing which is worse on exertion
  • Expectoration of frothy or dark-streaked mucus
  • A mild tidal fever
  • A cold body
  • Aversion to Cold
  • Spontaneous sweating
  • Night sweats
  • Superficial and facial edema
  • Mouth and tongue ulcers
  • Emaciation
  • Anxiety
  • Nervousness
  • Dark lips
  • Anorexia
  • Loose stools or
  • "Cockcrow diarrhea"
  • Amenorrhea
  • Impotence
  • T: Red, dry and peeled or Pale, purplish and swollen with teethmarks
  • C: White or none
  • P: Minute, thready and rapid or Deficient and large

TREATS

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

  • Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into 9g pills with honey. Take 3-5 pills daily.
  • If decocted, take Zi He Che in pill form.

MODIFICATIONS

For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with Heat and mild night sweats: For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with Heat and severe spontaneous sweating:
+ one or two of the following
+ Oyster Shell Powder
Mu Li San
15g Fr. Tritici Levis Fu Xiao Mai
9g Rx. Ephedrae Ma Huang Gen
+ Jade Windscreen Powder
Yu Ping Feng San
6g Galla Rhois Chinensis Wu Bei Zi
12g Fr. Corni Shan Zhu Yu For targeting the tuberculosis pathogen:
15g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ choose two or three of the following:
Fol. Mahonioae Shi Da Gong Yao Ye
15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li Hb. Andrographitis Chuan Xin Lian
For For tuberculosis due to Yin Deficiency with bone steaming fever: Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin
Rz. Coptidis Huang Lain
+ two or three of the following:
 Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
9g Rx. Gentianae Macrophyllae Qin Jiao Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua
Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan
15g Hb. Artemisiae Annuae Qing Hao Sm. Ginkgo Bai Guo
Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
15g Carapax Trionycis Bie Jia Per. Granati Shi Liu Pi
9g Rx. Stellariae Yin Chai Hu Benzoinum An Xi Xiang
9g Rz. Picrorhizae Hu Huang Lian For tuberculosis with recurrent hemoptysis:
12g Cx. Lycii Di Gu Pi
+ Tuberculosis and Hemoptysis Formula
Zhi Fei Jie He Ke Tan Xue Fang
For tuberculosis with hemoptysis:
+ one or two of the following in mild cases:
 For tuberculosis with mild coughing:
18g Rz. Imperatae Bai Mao Gen
+ choose two or three of the following:
12g Rz. Bletillae Bai Ji 9g Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu
9g Nodus Nelumbinis Rhizomatis Ou Jie
9g Sm. Armeniacae Xing Ren
12g Hb. Agrimoniae Xian He Cao 12g Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
12g Cacumen Platycladi Ce Bai Ye 6g Fr. Aristolochiae Ma Dou Ling
9g Hb Cirsii Xiao Ji 9g Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua
6g Crinis Carbonisatus Xue Yu Tan For tuberculosis with distressing chest pain:
or + 12g Fr. Luffae Si Gua Lou
+ Chinese Patent Medicine
Yunnan Bai Yao
 + 9g Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin
For tuberculosis with mild nocturnal emission:
For tuberculosis with severe nocturnal emission:
+ choose two or three of the following:
+ Metal Lock Pill to Stabilize the Essence
Jin Suo Gu Jing wan
 15g Concha Ostreae Mu Li
For"cockcrow diarrhea": 15g Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ 15g Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu
+ 40g Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou 12g Fr. Rosae Laevigatae Jin Ying Zi
+ 40g Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
    9g Stamen Nelumbinis Lian Xu
    9g Rz. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo